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Causes of cerebral palsy in children

BY Carol Carey 2019-12-09

  Pediatric cerebral palsy has a variety of causes, among which the more common causes include premature delivery and neonatal asphyxia, especially premature infants, whose brain development is immature, so it is easy to have brain damage and eventually form a brain Sexual paralysis. In addition, neonatal convulsions or other maternal factors and other factors during pregnancy may cause cerebral palsy in children.

   Cerebral palsy is very common Children with congenital diseases, after suffering from cerebral palsy, are a great harm to babies and families. The disease will seriously affect the growth and development of children and may cause life-long disabilities. It is recommended that children suffering from cerebral palsy should go to the hospital for examination in a timely manner, and then find out the cause before targeted treatment, so as not to worsen the condition. So, what are the causes of cerebral palsy in children?
  1. Neonatal asphyxia
   If the neonate has asphyxia, it can easily cause cerebral palsy, especially severe asphyxia, because hypoxic neonates are not well developed The brain is prone to brain edema and intracranial hemorrhage, which leads to brain tissue damage. According to research, if the newborn is severely suffocated, there will be brain damage before birth. Because of the brain damage, the baby cannot be delivered smoothly. Therefore, fetal brain injury will aggravate suffocation, and suffocation will also aggravate brain injury. This is a vicious circle. If you do not intervene in time, it will lead to permanent brain injury and eventually cerebral palsy.
  2. Premature delivery
  The main cause of cerebral palsy is premature delivery. Some women have a gestational age of only 28 weeks and give birth when their weight is below 1 kg. The brain development is very immature, so it is prone to brain damage. If central dyskinesia occurs after injury, cerebral palsy will be formed, and the probability of cerebral palsy in premature infants is very high. Preventing preterm birth can effectively avoid cerebral palsy in children.
  3. Neonatal convulsions
   Neonatal convulsions are the most important risk factors for children with cerebral palsy, accounting for about 12% of children with cerebral palsy, if the baby is born with a weight less than 2500 grams , You need special care, if the newborn is in a state of inhibition, it is likely to be suffering from cerebral palsy.
  4. Maternal factors
  If the mother is mentally retarded or has epilepsy, hyperthyroidism and other diseases, the chance of suffering from cerebral palsy will be greatly increased, which is also the most common one of the reasons.
  5. Other factors during pregnancy
  If infection and physical and chemical factors occur during pregnancy, or ischemia and hypoxia occur during the fetal period, maternal nutrition is impaired, Will affect the fetus. The fetal brain develops most rapidly in the first 3 to 4 months of pregnancy. If it is damaged during this period, it will be more serious than in the second trimester, and the extent of the lesion remains wide. For example, in the early pregnancy, if the mother is affected by the epidemic virus, it will affect the brain tissue of the fetus, and cerebral palsy symptoms may occur after birth.

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