How to treat cerebral palsy?

  The medical term pediatric cerebral palsy is a syndrome caused by non-progressive brain injury and developmental defects from conception to infancy. Relevant statistics show that there are 6 million people with cerebral palsy in China, and there are 2 to 4 children with cerebral palsy in every 1000 children in China.  Cerebral palsy seriously affects their normal study, work and life, and their loved ones endure mental stress and pain. The treatment of cerebral palsy has always been a difficult problem for parents of children with cerebral palsy. Not only is the treatment of cerebral palsy a concern for all parents, but the treatment of cerebral palsy has also received attention from the field of cerebral palsy medicine.  Before analyzing the treatment of cerebral palsy, it is necessary to understand the basic symptoms of cerebral palsy, which will help the early detection and diagnosis of cerebral palsy and lay a good foundation for scientific and timely treatment. These are typical symptoms of children with cerebral palsy: crossed legs like scissors when standing, toes on the ground when walking, inward turning of the feet, outward turning of the feet, and scoliosis of the waist. In addition, some children may have seizures, mental retardation, abnormal behavior, strabismus, speech disorders and sensory disorders.  It should be reminded that cerebral palsy is a syndrome in which the brain is damaged and injured at an immature stage, resulting in non-progressive motor dysfunction and postural abnormalities as the main clinical manifestations. The special nature of the disease also requires patient rehabilitation of the child day after day. The restoration of various functions depends mainly on the child’s own exercise with the help of doctors and parents. Therefore, the child must first adapt to the various movements.  The scientific principle of cerebral palsy treatment that we emphasize is the combination of surgery and rehabilitation, which must be kept in mind. In particular, spastic cerebral palsy, which has the highest incidence, must adhere to the principle of rehabilitation → FSPR surgery → cerebral palsy muscle tone adjustment → rehabilitation. The specific surgical methods can be tailored to the specific condition of the child with cerebral palsy by using functional selective posterior spinal nerve root dissection (FSPR), common carotid artery epicranial sympathetic nerve net stripping (CPS), cerebral palsy muscle tone adjustment (CPMMA), and selective peripheral nerve narrowing (SPN).  Rehabilitation after cerebral palsy surgery is a long and arduous process. It is not only an important period of rehabilitation after surgery, but also of great significance, and once it can be persisted, the child’s life may be said to be rewritten. After the post-operative rehabilitation period of recovery, progression and strengthening, children with cerebral palsy will have an important phase of post-operative rehabilitation – another three-month intensive rehabilitation period. The ultimate goal of this period of rehabilitation is to restore the cerebral palsy child’s muscle strength to level 4-5 (normal), muscle tone close to or at normal (level 1), and return to school and society.