PEP in a child: how serious is it?

It’s worth mentioning right away that it’s not about full power accessories (PEP) in the car, but about perinatal encephalopathy, also PEP, in newborns. A severe manifestation of this disease is a syndrome of suppression of the central nervous system, when motor activity is significantly reduced in children (the baby is lethargic, screams quietly and weakly, in severe cases there is no sucking reflex), it is rarely recorded. PEP in a child can usually manifest itself as a hyper- excitability syndrome: in increasing the baby's irritability, decreased appetite, frequent spitting up when feeding, giving up breasts, and poor sleep.

Causes of the disease

1. Chronic ailments of the mother.
2. The aggravation of chronic infections or acute infections in the mother during pregnancy.
3. Improper nutrition.
4. Young age of mother.
5. Metabolic and hereditary diseases.
6. Pathology during pregnancy.
7. Pathological course of childbirth and birth trauma.
8. Adverse environmental impact, harmful environmental conditions.
9. Immaturity and prematurity of the fetus.

How does PEP flow?

The course of PEP in newborns has three stages. For each - various syndromes. Most often, a combination of several syndromes can be observed.

In the acute period it is:

• hypertensive hydrocephalic syndrome;

• convulsive syndrome;

• syndrome of acute neuro-reflex excitability;

• coma syndrome;

• CNS decline syndrome.

In recovery:

• syndrome of retardation of psychomotor development;

• motor impairment syndrome;

• syndrome of vegetative-visceral disorders;

• hypertensive hydrocephalic syndrome;

• epileptic syndrome;

• syndrome of overestimated neuro-reflex excitability.

Outcomes:

• recovery;

• delayed speech, motor or mental development;

• cerebral palsy;

• hydrocephalus;

• epilepsy;

• vegetative-visceral dysfunction;

• neurotic reactions;

• hyperactivity disorder with lack of attention.

Patients with severe and moderate brain damage should be treated in a hospital. With PEP in a child with mild disorders from the hospital, he is sent under the supervision of a neurologist.

Diagnostics

The diagnosis of "PEP" in a child is made on the basis of clinical data and analysis of the course of pregnancy and childbirth. Additional research methods are just auxiliary and make it possible to clarify the degree and nature of brain damage.

Treatment

In almost all PEP syndromes in a child, B vitamins are prescribed, which can be used orally, intramuscularly and in electrophoresis. In the treatment of PEP, it is mainly possible to limit oneself to an individual regimen, physiotherapeutic methods, physiotherapy exercises, massage, and pedagogical correction. Of the drugs, phytotherapeutic and homeopathic remedies are more often used.

By the age of 1 year, in most babies, PEP symptoms disappear or only minor symptoms remain that do not have a big impact on development. One of the frequent consequences of encephalopathy is a small disturbance in brain activity, hydrocephalic syndrome. The most severe consequences are epilepsy and cerebral palsy.