Cerebral Palsy and Some Facts

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Cerebral palsy is one of the diseases that are common among children. It affects around 2-2.5 percent of every thousand individuals. It refers to a group of disorders affecting your body reflexes and is directly related to problems regarding brain development or brain injuries. It results in body movements that can’t be maneuvered or controlled by the affected individual and results may range from seizures to intellectual disabilities as well as hearing and vision problems. There are variant factors that may lead to cerebral palsy in your child and though it’s not easy to learn and deal with the fact that your child is affected by such a serious disease, it would only be advisable that you resolve to ensure a better future for your child by taking proper care of him.

Some Common Causes of Cerebral Palsy

The disorder is primarily caused by some brain injury or some complications during pregnancy or else owing to any brain developmental problem during the first 2 to 3 years. Here’s a rundown of some of the most common causes:

·         Premature birth

·         Some genetic conditions affecting brain development

·         Any serious head injury or infection

·         Lack of sufficient oxygen or  blood or proper nutrients during birth

 

Some Facts

Those of you all who believe that your child can never be affected from the disease, please note that it is rather one of the common disorders affecting children in the United States. Here is more:

·         CP or cerebral palsy is a non progressive brain disorder implying that it doesn’t worsen with time

·         As per The United Cerebral Palsy Association, over 764,000 are affected with the disease

·         Around 1,500 preschoolers are affected with this disorder

·         Premature toddlers are most vulnerable to this disease

·         Around 35 to 50 percent of those affected with Cerebral Palsy might as well have seizures

Aside from the causes mentioned above, severe jaundice among children makes them exposed to the threat as well. Excessive bilirubin in blood causes jaundice. In most cases the baby’s liver can clear out the jaundice, but it might as well take some time before it stars filtering out the bilirubin from the blood. So it’s pretty usual for newborn babies to have jaundice for the first few days. Light therapy or phototherapy can help remove jaundice. However, untreated jaundice can lead to brain damage as well.

 

Therapies:

As far as therapy for cerebral palsy is concerned an individual afflicted by the disease can try out the following:

·         Recreation Therapy

·         Behavioral or psychotherapy

·         Acupuncture

·         Physiotherapy or Rehabilitation

·         Conductive Education

·         Speech and language therapy

·         Play therapy

·         Vocational Counseling

·         Nutrition and Dietary Counseling

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