CEREBRAL PALSY

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CEREBRAL PALSY

• Palminia Bañuelos

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Introduction

• Cerebral palsy is a condition not a disease
  caused by damaged to the brain, usually occurring
  before, during or shortly following birth.
• Cerebral brain
• Palsy disorder of movement or posture

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Cerebral Palsy may be either a congenital or an
acquired condition, its symptoms may change over
time but it is not progressive.
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What causes Cerebral Palsy?

• Illness during pregnancy
• Premature delivery
• Accidents such as falling, car crash
• Lead poisoning
• Viral infections
• Lack of oxygen or blood reaching the newborns
  brain

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Types of Cerebral Palsy

• Spastic stiff and difficult movement
• Athetoid involuntary and uncontrolled movement
• Ataxic disturbed sense of balance depth

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Characteristics

• Cerebral Palsy is characterized by an inability
  to fully control motor skills. Depending on which
  part of the brain has been damaged and the degree
  of involvement of the CNS, any of the following
  may occur spasms involuntary movements, abnormal
  sensation and perception impairment of sight,
  hearing or speech.

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Symptoms Include

• Fine motor skills such as
• Writing
• Using scissors
• Difficulty maintaining balance
• Walking

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Diagnosis

• Doctors diagnose Cerebral Palsy by testing motor
  skills and reflexes, looking into medical history
  and a variety of specialized tests.

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Is There any Treatment?

• There is no standard therapy that works for all
  patients. Medication can be used to control
  seizures and muscle spasms, special braces for
  muscle imbalance, counseling for emotional and
  psychological needs, and other treatments.

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Prognosis

• Cerebral palsy cannot be cured, but due to
  medical research, many patients can enjoy
  near-normal lives if their neurological problems
  are properly managed.

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For Your Info

• Between 500,000 700,000 Americans have some
  degree of Cerebral Palsy. About 3,000 babies are
  born with the disorder each year, and another 500
  or so are acquire it in the early years of life.

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Work Cited

• http//www. Kidsource.com/nchycy/cerebral
  palsy.html
• http//gait.aidi.udel.edu/res695/homepage/pd_ortho
  /clinic/c_palsy
• http//www.nidis.nih.gov/health_ansd_medical/disor
  der