In particular, the group of prenatal causes includes: Maternal diseases during pregnancy (virus, thyroid disease, fetal toxicity, diabetes, trauma…). The age of the mother over 35 and the father over 45 at the time of childbirth.
Mothers are exposed to toxic environments during pregnancy such as heavy metals, agricultural toxins, food, drugs, stimulants such as alcohol, drugs, etc. Maternal nutrition, infections, abnormalities Chromosomes, genes, and genetic material of the fetus are also classified as prenatal causes.
For the group of causes during delivery, obstetric interventions (using forceps/aspiration, caesarean section, inducing labor…) are listed first. Premature infants (less than 37 weeks), cerebral hypoxia (asphyxia), low birth weight (
Regarding the causes after birth, children suffered from traumatic brain injury, brain bleeding, neurological infections, respiratory failure, high fever convulsions, exposure to toxic environmental factors such as chemicals, pesticides, metals. severe risk of disability.
According to the Ministry of Health, children with disabilities can be caused by 1 or more factors. But many children have disabilities for no apparent reason.
With early detection and early intervention, many children will recover well and become normal children, for example, children with congenital clubfoot or congenital hip dislocation, children with mild autism have normal IQ.
Some other children with disabilities can develop skills that are close to normal children, such as motor and language delays for their age, mild hemiplegia or bipedal cerebral palsy.
Some critically ill children also recovered, improved skills and were able to integrate into society. For example, children with severe spastic cerebral palsy will not have contractures and deformities. Even though they cannot walk, they can still go to school in a wheelchair.