Discuss About Cerebral Palsy

 Cerebral palsy is a neurological disorder caused due to brain injury. The brain damage can occur either due to brain injury or abnormal development of brain.

Also, the brain of a child may not develop properly before birth, at the time of birth, or immediately after the birth.  Cerebral Palsy affects the normal movement of various body parts of a child.

Also, the symptoms and severity of thee neurological disorder varies from one child to another.  Cerebral Palsy can be any of the four different types – spastic, ataxic, athetoid/dyskinetic, and mixed. About 70% of children suffer with spastic cerebral palsy which is caused due to damage caused to brain’s motor corex.

Causes, Symptoms and Treatment of Cerebral Palsy Causes Cerebral Palsy is caused due to brain injury as well as abnormal development of brain. The brain of a child may not develop properly before or during birth.

Likewise, the brains of certain children do not develop properly within five years after birth. Despite being a non-progressive neurological disorder, Cerebral Palsy affects a child’s motor function and muscle movement. Often orthopaedic find it difficult to identify the exact cause of Cerebral Palsy. But they diagnose the neurological disorder based on common causes like bacterial infection, bleeding in the brain, head injury, or lack of oxygen to brain.

Symptoms ďƒź The symptoms of Cerebral Palsy differ from one child based on severity of the brain damage. The symptoms of the neurological disorder are either intense or hardly noticeable. ďƒź However, the common symptoms of Cerebral Palsy are still muscles, difficulty in moving one side of the body, lack of muscle balance and coordination, problem in sucking/swallowing, difficulty with speech, delay in motor development, and gastrointestinal problems.

Treatment  As Cerebral Palsy is caused due to brain damage or injury, the child must be treated without any delay.  But the treatment of Cerebral Palsy primarily focuses on making the child selfsufficient and helping him to live independently.  The seasoned orthopaedic always combine traditional therapy, medication, and surgery to improve the child’s motor functionalities.  Many orthopaedic even help parents to avail the assistance of a multidisciplinary team consisting surgeons, therapists, nutritionists, and psychologists.

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