It is widely recognized that a normal birth is better than a cesarean birth. The immunity of the fetus is higher than that of a child born by cesarean section because of the special environment of the birth canal during normal delivery. Some studies say that children born by normal delivery have a higher bonding index with their mothers than children born by cesarean section, and so on. In any case, it seems that there is no harm in having a normal birth.
However, almost every day, we have nearly 10 children with pediatric brachial plexus injury undergoing comprehensive TCM rehabilitation in our clinic, and all of them were born in normal birth, ranging from 7 days old to 1.5 years old. Most of their mothers were determined to have a normal delivery after prenatal checkups in the hospital, and a few were born with their second or even third child, and had a normal delivery based on the doctor’s experience.
However, when it comes to delivery, problems arise, either the fetus is larger than estimated during ultrasound, or the pelvis of the mother is too small, or the midwife is not technically competent and uses inappropriate methods when the mother has a difficult delivery, resulting in the delivery of the fetus with one or both arms immobile.
If a child is known to have this disease, he or she should undergo TCM rehabilitation as soon as possible; the younger the child, the better the prognosis; EMG diagnosis of partial brachial plexus nerve damage has a better prognosis than full stem damage.
After a child is born, parents can do their own examination of the child for the presence or absence of brachial plexus nerve damage. First, look for bruising on the skin of the child’s arm; second, feel the temperature of the skin of the child’s arm with your hand. If parents do these things, then they can basically make a general judgment about whether their child has brachial plexus injury.
The most common treatment for brachial plexus nerve injury is a combination of acupuncture, tui-na, frequency-conduction therapy and, if necessary, surgery. As for the clinical use of rat nerve growth factor, one is because of the high cost and the drug has never been experimented on people, the safety is unknown; secondly, its efficacy, Shanghai Huashan Hospital Gu Yudong academician has done research on rat nerve growth factor, found that nerve injury with the drug and not used to do a comparison, there is no difference.
In conclusion, mothers-to-be who choose to have a normal delivery must choose to go to a regular medical institution for delivery. If your child has brachial plexus nerve injury, it is important to do systematic and comprehensive rehabilitation as soon as possible.