Cerebral palsy may have numerous causes and it may be inherited as well as developed.

Among the prenatal (those occurring prior to birth) causes of Cerebral palsy there are:

• Rubella

• Taxoplasomosis

• CMV - cytomegalovirus

• Intracerberal hemorrhage

Also the use of cocaine, alcohol or tobacco in pregnancy increases the risk for Cerebral palsy.


The postnatal causes of Cerebral palsy include:

• Neurologic injury sustained after birth

• Incompatibility between blood types of the mother and her child which may result in anemia. Then anemia may lead to jaundice which causes Cerebral palsy.

• Seizure disorder

• Encephalitis and meningitis (infections affecting the brain) may cause Cerebral palsy

• Physical trauma to a child

• Near drowning/suffocation