Cerebral palsy
“My words to Anna, as we stood contemplating the Scuola Grande di San Marco, moments before entering Venice Hospital, came true: 'With a façade like that, I could even accept having a deformed child.'
I accepted Tito's cerebral palsy.
I accepted it as if it were the most natural thing in the world. I accepted it with delight. I accepted it with enthusiasm. I accepted it with love.”
― Diogo Mainardi,
Do you know about Cerebral Palsy?
Cerebral palsy is considered as a group of disorders which affects the following:
- Ability to move
- Maintain balance
- Posture
It is marked as a motor disability. It starts from childhood. It is due to the weakness in muscles and that’s why causes disability in motor functions.
Causes of Cerebral Palsy
The most observed symptoms of cerebral palsy which we discussed here:
- Changes in muscle tone such as too stiff or too floppy
- Spasticity
- Rigidity
- Ataxia
- Tremors
- Involuntary movements
- Delay in motor responses such as sit-stand
- Difficulty in sucking and eating
- Problem in learning
- Seizures
- Facing problem in fine motor skills such as buttoning clothes
- Delays in speech
- Problem in swallowing
- Slow writing
- Problem in walking
- Problem in hearing and vision
- Oral diseases
- Urinary incontinence
What are the most widely recognized hazard variables of cerebral palsy?
Following are probably the most common hazard components of cerebral palsy:
- Cytomegalovirus in mother during pregnancy
- German measles
- Herpes
- Syphilis (STDs)
- Toxoplasmosis
- Zika virus infection
- Exposure to toxins
- Intellectual disabilities
- Seizures
- Thyroid problem
- Bleeding into brain
- Bacterial meningitis
- Severe jaundice
- Viral encephalitis
- Breech presentation
- Low birth weight
- Multiple babies
- Premature birth
Complications due to Cerebral Palsy
Following are the complications you may face if you have a cerebral palsy:
- Contraction
- Premature
- Malnutrition
- Mental health conditions
- Heart and lung diseases
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteopenia
Preventions from Cerebral Palsy
Following are some prevention you should take to save yourself and your baby from cerebral palsy:
- Take much care of yourself in pregnancy
- Be vaccinated
- Follow the prenatal and postnatal care
- Protect your baby from injury or accidents
- Avoid drugs, alcohol and tobacco
How doctors diagnose that you have a Cerebral Palsy or not?
Following are the methodologies and techniques used by the doctors are:
- Physical examination
- Asking about the symptoms you have experience
- Medical interview
- By different tests
- Magnetic resonance imaging MRI
- Computerize tomography CT
- CT scans
- Cranial ultrasound
- Electroencephalogram EEG
- Laboratory tests
- Some tests
How doctors treat Cerebral Palsy?
The doctor considers some treatment to treat this type of disorder.
- Surgery
- Other therapies
- Medications
- Painkillers
- Anti-anxiety medicines
- Oral muscle relaxants
- Anti-seizures medications
- Rehabilitative therapy
- Exercise regularly
- Do not smoke
- Physical therapy
- Occupational therapy
- Speech and language therapy
- Recreational therapy