Can cerebral palsy be detected during pregnancy?

Cerebral palsy is difficult to detect during pregnancy. There are many causes of cerebral palsy, including congenital developmental reasons and fetal hypoxia during pregnancy, which may cause brain damage. After the child is born, cerebral palsy will gradually appear only when it develops to a certain stage and can be formally diagnosed. Although it cannot be detected, as long as pregnant women strengthen prevention in their daily lives and do a good job of health care during pregnancy, they can achieve a good preventive effect.

Can cerebral palsy be detected during pregnancy? Prenatal examinations can only reveal fetal chromosomal abnormalities or obvious abnormalities in the structure of the nervous system. In addition to congenital development, the causes of cerebral palsy also include lack of oxygen during childbirth and other reasons, so it cannot be diagnosed before birth. During pregnancy, you can screen your baby's limbs, internal organs, and check for congenital idiocy, hydrocephalus, cleft lip, etc., but cerebral palsy cannot be detected. If cerebral palsy is caused by hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy due to lack of oxygen, it cannot be detected during pregnancy. The diagnosis must be made only when the child develops to a certain stage and does not show corresponding neurological symptoms compared with children of the same age, or when there are obvious signs of brain damage after birth. It is not easy to detect cerebral palsy in children during pregnancy. The reason is that B-ultrasound is only an ultrasonic imaging examination and cannot examine the brain tissue inside the head. Therefore, cerebral palsy is not easy to detect, but B-ultrasound can detect external deformities. An ultrasound examination can only observe the fetal structure, measure the size of the head and the length of the body, and make a general judgment on whether the fetus has any deformities. However, it is still impossible to determine whether the fetus's brain tissue and brain cells are damaged. If you want to confirm whether your baby has cerebral palsy, you need to undergo a physical examination as well as CT and MRI examinations. Therefore, it is impossible to detect cerebral palsy simply through B-ultrasound examination.

The necessity of pre-pregnancy check-up 1. Giving birth to a healthy, lively, smart and clever baby is the wish of every couple preparing for pregnancy. Pre-pregnancy check-up is the guarantee of good birth and upbringing. It is not only responsible for yourself, but also for the future of your baby. 2. Pre-pregnancy check-up is to determine whether you can have a baby or not by checking the physical health of both the husband and wife, whether you can have the baby now or after the disease is cured, and to remind some women to undergo special check-ups after pregnancy. In fact, the more important significance of pre-pregnancy check-ups is to provide guidance to young parents on pregnancy, so that they know how to adjust their physical and mental state to the best state before pregnancy and give birth to a healthy baby.

3. Many people do not realize the importance of premarital examinations and do not have a physical examination before marriage. Therefore, pre-pregnancy check-up is like a safety patch, which is particularly important and indispensable. In this environment where life and work are full of pressure and environmental pollution is becoming increasingly serious, pre-pregnancy check-up can be said to be the cornerstone of eugenics. 4. Receive expert guidance after the examination. The doctor will provide guidance and suggestions based on the examination results. Couples preparing for pregnancy can also express their confusion and doubts to eliminate misunderstandings in pre-pregnancy preparations. 5. Through pre-pregnancy examinations, diagnose and rule out some diseases, such as genetic diseases, gynecological diseases, hypertension, heart disease and diabetes, which will have a direct impact on pregnancy. These diseases are sometimes hidden, have no obvious symptoms, and are often ignored by us.

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