Cerebral Palsy An overview Treatment surgery center children symptom India US UAE Europe Pakistan Nepal Bangladesh Sri Lanka Bhutan Burma Afganistan China Thailand Indonesia Cerebral Palsy: An overview Cerebral Palsy is commonly referred as paralysis because of a lesion in the brain. Cerebral Palsy in itself is not to be treated as a disease, but actually described as disorders that result from defect to a single or more than one area in the brain, which happen during infancy or during pregnancy to the growing fetus. It is regarded as non-progressive condition due to the result of the damage of the brain being a single occurrence. Although, the affected brain cells can not be repaired, the remaining cells in the brain would continue in development and work. Cerebral Palsy occurs because of any injury to brain due various factors: • Oxygen received by the baby during birth and pregnancy being insufficient. • Low birth weight or premature birth • Baby and mother having incompatibility in blood group. • Extreme illness or head injury during early childhood. • Extreme jaundice just after birth • Disorders, genetic in nature. Symptoms The common symptoms noticed in Cerebral Palsy are delayed developmental milestones, excessive docility or irritability, poor eye contact, poor sleep, frequent vomiting, poor sucking, tongue retraction, grimacing, weakness of muscle, stiffness in movement, balancing difficulty, shakiness and slowness. Some patients experience only mild symptom in one of the limbs, whereas the others are disabled severely and the whole body is affected. There are 4 types of CP, such as: Spastic CP- Spastic CP is one common type which occurs in 70% to 80% of the cases. Patients belonging to this category are said to be hypertonic, that determines that there is an increase in the tension of the muscles with a decreased capability for stretching and relaxing their muscles, the patients might seem stiff or rigid. Dyskinetic ( Athetoid ) CP- Patients suffering from this type of category tend to have a various mixture of muscle tone. The patient has great difficulty in his ability to stand or sit along with the posture and also experiences slowness and involuntary movements in hands, arms, legs with drooling and grimaces. The patient might also experience limited eating, difficulty in swallowing, speaking and in motor skills. Ataxic CP 5% to 10% of patients tend to suffer from this category of CP. The symptoms commonly appears in arms, legs and often in the torso and experiences weak coordination and balance. The patients also tend to have wide based gait, shaky and unsteady gait. Mixed CP 10% of patients experience this category of CP. Common combination being athetoid and spastic CP; however, other combinations are also possible. In some cases, patients might also be affected with all the 3 CP. types Treatment for patients suffering from CP At present, there is no specific cure for Cerebral Palsy. Physical Therapy plays vital role in the treatment for strengthening of the muscle groups and to develop the motor skills. TES or Therapeutic-Electrical Simulation might need to be administered in the patients and patients benefit greatly when TES and physical therapy is given together. Some therapy sessions like horseback riding and hydrotherapy (swimming) benefit the patients. Beside that botulinum toxin & surgical intervention can also be indicated in some patient. Cerebral Palsy An overview Treatment surgery center children symptom India US UAE Europe Pakistan Nepal Bangladesh Sri Lanka Bhutan Burma Afganistan China Thailand Indonesia For More details Dr. Jitendra Kumar Jain jjain999@gmail 09453039213 cerebralpalsytreatmentindia.wordpress/2014/03/05/cerebral-palsy-an-overview-treatment-surgery-center-children-symptom-india-us-uae-europe-pakistan-nepal-bangladesh-sri-lanka-bhutan-burma-afganistan-china-thailand-indonesia/
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