How to treat cerebral palsy

  Having a child with cerebral palsy worries parents, can this disease be cured? Depending on the different types and problems of cerebral palsy, individualized treatment is required. In general, rehabilitation treatment techniques targeting spasticity, contracture, muscle strength, activity function, self-care, and feeding management problems are selected according to the different types and degrees of impairment present in the child.  1.Rehabilitation: The main rehabilitation treatment methods include traditional ROM correction methods, retraction, neurodevelopmental treatment methods to enhance muscle strength, motor learning and normalization of tone. bobath, Vojit, Ueda Masamune method, sensory integration, guided education (PêTo) and other swallowing ability training, language training, hand function training techniques, etc.  2.Surgical treatment: Surgical treatment is mainly for children with spastic cerebral palsy. The general principles of surgical treatment are: comprehensive clinical evaluation, strict control of the indications for surgery, and the removal of spasticity and correction of deformity through nerve root resection, neurectomy, tendon lengthening, etc. to provide conditions for rehabilitation treatment or to play an auxiliary role.  3.Pharmacological treatment: Botulinum toxin, because of its unique pharmacological effect, can cause longer-lasting muscle relaxation and paralysis by blocking the release of acetylcholine in the synaptic excitation transmission, thus relieving muscle spasm, which is a common drug treatment in the treatment of spastic cerebral palsy. Neurotrophic drugs can only be used as an adjunctive treatment, not as the main treatment. However, some neurotrophic drugs such as ganglioside, nerve growth factor, glutamate, brain activator, brain rejuvenation, etc. can be applied to small infants to improve brain metabolism to a certain extent.  4. Chinese medicine treatment: acupuncture, massage and other treatments can also play a certain effect in the treatment of pediatric cerebral palsy.