Cerebral palsy
goodtoknow says: Around one in 400 babies are born with cerebral palsy every year in the UK. The cause isn't known but it's often connected with premature, multiple or difficult births. Cerebral palsy is the general name for several conditions caused by damage to your baby's developing brain. It affects your child's ability to control their muscles. Many children have it very mildly, for others it affects how they walk, talk, use their hands and make facial expressions. Cerebral palsy can't be cured, but a specialist team including doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and speech therapists will do everything they can to minimise any disability or discomfort.
For a full medical explanation of the causes, symptoms and treatments of cerebral palsy from patient.co.uk, read on.
Cerebral palsy is a general term that describes a group of conditions that cause movement problems. The most common type is spastic cerebral palsy where the muscles are stiff and rigid in one or more limbs. The underlying problem is damage or faulty development in a part of the brain which usually occurs sometime before birth.
Cerebral palsy ranges from mild to severe. In some cases there are associated problems such as learning difficulties and epilepsy. The main aim of treatment is to, as far as possible, prevent or limit the contractures and limb deformities that can occur, and to minimise any disability.
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sarah dearden, over 2 years
i found yor artical on cerebral palsy was very helpfull for my recearch and i now feel i know more about it than i did before and it will help me in my future cereer thankyou sarah
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