Every family hopes to have a healthy, smart and lively little baby, making the family full of warmth and happiness. However, some diseases can bring long-term pain to the child and family, such as pediatric cerebral palsy, which is easily overlooked and missed during infancy, missing the best time for treatment and eventually leaving a disability and suffering. However, if early diagnosis and treatment are obtained, and corresponding functional training methods are developed, the best treatment results can be achieved and the emergence and development of limb deformities can be prevented to the maximum extent. Therefore, it is important for parents to understand and detect cerebral palsy at an early stage. What is pediatric cerebral palsy? Pediatric cerebral palsy is a disease that occurs from gestation to the neonatal period when the brain tissue is abnormally developed or damaged and loses control of lower motor neurons, resulting in increased muscle tone, hyperreflexia and dysfunctional random movements in the affected area, which may be accompanied by damage to the cerebellum. It accounts for approximately 0.4% of the birth population, with no significant difference between the sexes, and is most often detected in infancy and early childhood. Because of the inconvenience of living, working, and even caring for the patient, which can last a lifetime, treatment has long been a problem for millions of families. However, early treatment and rehabilitation can improve the functional activities of the limbs, improve the child’s ability to take care of himself or herself, and reduce the burden on the family and society. How does pediatric cerebral palsy come about? The causative factors of pediatric cerebral palsy can be divided into three categories: 1. prenatal factors, accounting for about 30%, such as marriage of inbred parents, genetic mutation, viral infection of the mother during pregnancy and damage by drugs or radioactive elements can lead to defects and abnormalities in the development of fetal brain tissue. 2. intrapartum factors, accounting for about 60%, such as premature birth, obstructed labor, premature rupture of amniotic fluid, umbilical cord encirclement, asphyxia, and the use of anesthetics and midwifery equipment can lead to 3. Postnatal factors, accounting for about 10%, such as encephalitis, meningitis, craniocerebral trauma, carbon monoxide poisoning, etc., can lead to brain tissue damage. What are the types of pediatric cerebral palsy? Due to the different parts of brain tissue damage, according to the characteristics of symptoms, it can be clinically divided into spastic, tardive, ataxic, tonic, tremor, mixed type, etc. Spasticity is the most common type, accounting for about 60%. What are the early characteristics of pediatric cerebral palsy? Pediatric cerebral palsy is mainly characterized by delayed or impaired development of motor function, coordinated movement, intelligence, language, and abnormal posture, such as stiffness of head and neck, tension and difficulty in stretching limbs, inability to grasp objects with clenched hands, inability to separate legs from each other, toe stomping, or purposeless and involuntary movements of hands and feet, or uncoordinated movements of hands and feet. Therefore, parents should pay attention to the above abnormalities or delayed development of functional activities once they find out that their child is suffering from cerebral palsy, and go to the hospital for early treatment. How is pediatric cerebral palsy treated? Currently, there is no “cure” for pediatric cerebral palsy, but through clinical treatment and training, the imbalance of muscles can be improved, so that the muscles of the limbs can be coordinated and the movement of the limbs can be improved. 1.Non-surgical therapy: mainly point massage, acupuncture and physiotherapy, functional rehabilitation, drug therapy, etc. It is a treatment method of pointing, pressing and tapping on specific parts of the patient’s body. It has good effect on pediatric cerebral palsy, especially for patients under three years old. Scientific research shows that the mechanism of point therapy in treating pediatric cerebral palsy is to activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis (the scientific research topic has been awarded by the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine at the ministerial level), and through point therapy, the meridians can be unblocked, soft tissue adhesions can be loosened, and muscle spasm can be relaxed or relieved; at the same time, through training and exercise, the strength of the antagonistic group of muscles can be strengthened or improved, and the imbalance of muscles can be corrected, so that the movement of limbs can be more coordinated. The treatment can be done through training and exercise. 2.Surgical treatment: When the effect of conservative treatment is not obvious and there is still a more serious deformity, the larger children can consider surgery. The purpose of surgery is to correct the deformity, relieve the muscle spasm, balance the muscle strength, stabilize the joint and improve the function of the limb. The surgical methods include tendon surgery, bone surgery and neurosurgery. Since the 1990s, doctors in China have been using “posterior spinal nerve root dissection” (SPR surgery) to treat spastic cerebral palsy, the technique has become more and more mature, and the efficacy is more accurate and recognized by everyone. Can pediatric cerebral palsy be prevented? For expectant mothers and fathers, understanding the basic knowledge of pregnancy, childbirth and parenting can reduce the possibility of occurrence of pediatric cerebral palsy. Therefore, we should pay attention to: prohibit marriage between close relatives; do pre-marital examination; avoid exposure to radioactive elements before pregnancy and during pregnancy, quit smoking and drinking; pregnant women should prevent the occurrence of infectious viral diseases, avoid unreasonable medication, and do perinatal health care; avoid cranio-cerebral injury during and after delivery; vaccinate against infectious diseases such as influenza and cerebral B. Once they occur, they should be diagnosed and treated as early as possible.