Problem with the trackpad

I am new to Mac .. I got my laptop a month ago and I wanted to clean it.. with a little wett peace of fabric it was turned off
and after I finished I left it turned off till the next day.. then I turned it on and found out that the trackpad is too slow..
when I trun it on it works perfect for few seconds then it becomes slow and sometimes it stopps..
I tried to turn it off and turn it on and press Option + Command + p + r and waited till 4 chimes then released them.. actually its a little bit better now but still the courser moves slow..
what should I go to get it fixed?

I tried it.. still not working perfectly.. it works for few moments then become slow.. I can't believe that I got a hardware problem just because I wipped the trackpad with a little wett fabric!!!!!!! it was barely wett
Apple should protect their devices more.. I have done things for tons of laptops not from mac and nothing happened!!
I need to go to another country to get it fixed now.. it should be fixed under the garantee? or I should pay for this?
sorry if I'm asking hard questions lol

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