Can a newborn have a cerebral infarction?

Cerebral infarction is cerebral infarction, neonatal cerebral infarction will also occur, but the first few to lower.

Cerebral infarction in most cases is due to atherosclerosis, cardiogenic embolism, arteriolar occlusion and other reasons, when the newborn has congenital heart disease, infectious endocarditis, heart failure and other diseases can lead to cardiogenic embolism, thus causing cerebral infarction. Secondly, when the newborn appears arterial embolism, thrombosis, carrier artery disease and other circumstances, prone to atherosclerosis, but also lead to cerebral infarction.

Compared with newborns, cerebral infarction is more common in middle-aged and elderly people.