Cerebral Palsly
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Cerebral Palsly
Cerebral Palsly: a form of paralysis believed to be caused by a prenatal brain defect or by brian injury during birth, most marie in certain motor areas & characterized by difficulty in control of the voluntary muscles.
- Abnormality or disruption in brain development.
- Random mutations in genes that control brain development.
- Maternal infections that affect the developing fetus.
- Fetal stroke, a disruption of blood supply to the developing brain.
Functional or Structural?
This defect is a functional defect.
Complications
- Muscle Weakness. -Depression. -Malnutrition; swallowing or feeding problems. -Contracture; shortening of muscle tissue. -Osteoarthisis; pressure on joints or abnormal alignment of joints.
Treatment/Testing
Treatment: -Orthopedic surgery. -Physical, Occupational & Speech therapy. -Isolated/Generalized spacticity.
Facts about Cerebral Palsly
Facts:
- 10-20% of people get the disorder after birth.
- Cerebral Palsly can cause brain damage.
- Spactic cerebral palely affects 70-80% of people.
- More than 500,000 people in the United States have it.
- Athetoid cerebral palsly affects 5-10% of people.