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Does Delayed Walking In A Baby Indicative Of CT Scan?
Question: Doctor my baby is 18 months old, but cannot crawl nor walk, but he can walk if you hold his hand can stand alone on holding something sometimes if you hold him he can try to leave your hand and try standing alone, and can only say a one name. At birth he has a history of jaundice and he wasn't open his eye at birth until after seven days of birth, he has prominent forehead, during his one year he has eye sack which now resolve on his own, his weight 16kg. But he likes to play and recognizing people, he even knows his mother's car horn. But our peditrician in Nigeria said he is expecting celebral palcy. His CT scan shows normal. what do u thing Doctor? please fine attached medical reports and picture of the baby. Thanks you .
Brief Answer:
Early developmental stimulation and intervention can reduce the damage
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.
If the child suffers from lack of oxygen soon after birth, the lack of oxygen could have a damaging effect on the brain and the result could be developmental delay or cerebral palsy. History of jaundice increases the probability some more. The child not opening the eyes for a week could indicate that the brain was already damaged by then and needed at least a minimal level of recovery to respond. In such a scenario, I would like to emphasize upon you the role of early intervention. Early developmental stimulation and intervention can reduce the damaging effect of cerebral palsy significantly and can practically give the child a relatively normal level of living. Please talk to your pediatricians about the same.
The medical records are not suggestive of anything concrete. However, I would like to ask whether the child is on thyroxin supplementation. Hypothyroidism could also be a cause of developmental delay.
Hope that helps.
Regards
Dr. Diptanshu Das
Early developmental stimulation and intervention can reduce the damage
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.
If the child suffers from lack of oxygen soon after birth, the lack of oxygen could have a damaging effect on the brain and the result could be developmental delay or cerebral palsy. History of jaundice increases the probability some more. The child not opening the eyes for a week could indicate that the brain was already damaged by then and needed at least a minimal level of recovery to respond. In such a scenario, I would like to emphasize upon you the role of early intervention. Early developmental stimulation and intervention can reduce the damaging effect of cerebral palsy significantly and can practically give the child a relatively normal level of living. Please talk to your pediatricians about the same.
The medical records are not suggestive of anything concrete. However, I would like to ask whether the child is on thyroxin supplementation. Hypothyroidism could also be a cause of developmental delay.
Hope that helps.
Regards
Dr. Diptanshu Das
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
please could you suggest how can we intervent or treat this condition?
Brief Answer:
It needs professional assistance
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for writing back.
You need professional guidance for early intervention therapy. It needs participation of therapists. However, after learning the techniques from them, you can implement them at home. To know what it is all about, reading the following should help:
http://www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/spec_needs/pdf/ei_therapy_guidelines.pdf
http://www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/spec_needs/eits.htm
Hope that helps.
Regards
It needs professional assistance
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for writing back.
You need professional guidance for early intervention therapy. It needs participation of therapists. However, after learning the techniques from them, you can implement them at home. To know what it is all about, reading the following should help:
http://www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/spec_needs/pdf/ei_therapy_guidelines.pdf
http://www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/spec_needs/eits.htm
Hope that helps.
Regards
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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