Hypoxia and Medicine

Cerebral Hypoxia: Can it lead to secondary issues later in life?

Can cerebral hypoxia, caused at birth, lead to cerebral or cerebral arterial issues (i.e. brain tumor, weak arterial walls or stroke) later in life? Thank you Crypto... Very indepth answer. It laid to rest my main concerns. I appreciate that very much.

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1. Mild to moderate cerebral hypoxia generally has little or no impact beyond the episode of hypoxia. Significant cerebral hypoxia is another matter. Outcome will depend on the success of damage control measures, the amount of brain tissue deprived of oxygen, and the speed with which oxygen was restored to the brain. Cerebral hypoxia that is localized to a specific part of the brain will have damage that will be localized to that region. Long term effects will depend on the function of that portion of the brain. Damage to the Broca and Wernicke’s areas of the brain (left side) generally causes problems with speech and language. Damage to the right side of the brain may interfere with the ability to express emotions or interpret what one sees. Damage on either side can cause paralysis of the opposite side of the body. Perinatal asphyxia (PA) and its neurologic manifestations are the most important cause of brain injury and neurologic sequelae in full-term infants .... the best predictive risk factors for the neurological prognosis at follow-up are severe PA at birth and/or evidence of encephalopathy in neonatal period ... which leads to poor outcomes neurologically ....