Maiga asked:


Caregivers is one of the most important role in person with cerebral palsy. Can u impart some of the information for caregiver roles? Thanks!!!

Pedro

wheels asked:


I have sometimes felt sad because I have Cerebral Palsy. Any tips on feeling better about it. And what about the anger that comes up too?

Terri

RB asked:


My daughter was recently diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy. She’s 2 years old. I’m looking into taking Legal action. I was wondering if anyone has looked into this.

Jeff

Parker asked:


I will be a morning/get ready person for someone with cerebral palsy this upcoming fall. I’m a bit nervous, because it’s the first job I’ve had that’s so one on one and I don’t have any experience with people with CP. I’ve read up on it, but I’m not sure what to expect.

I know CP comes with varying degrees of challenges, but I’d like to be prepared so that I’m not caught off guard and everything goes smoothly.

Does anyone havae words of advice or can share their experiences?

What is particularly challenging and how do you handle it?

Tyrone

Brook S asked:


and give me some examples of cerebral palsy ?

Eddie

yahooanswers asked:


Say if the person with cerebral palsy talks to herself, and has tantrums. Does that have anything to do with cerebral palsy? Or is cerebal palsy just physical?

Phyllis

Low Jeremy asked:


Cerebral palsy is a physical disability most common in childhood basically affecting the movements and posture causing limited activity being attributed to disturbances, which are not progressive occurring in the developing infant or fatal brain. The motor disorders of cerebral palsy are habitually accompanied by disturbances of cognition, sensation, perception, communication, and behavior or seizure disorder.

There are secondary orthopaedic abnormality inhibited by the child such as scoliosis of the spine and hip dislocation. Scoliosis is a condition involving spine’s lateral curvature greater than ten degrees without possible cure but can be treated by surgery or bracing.

William Little first detected the cerebral palsy also known as cerebral paralysis in 1860. He was a British surgeon identifying that asphyxia during birth is the major cause of the abnormality. Asphyxia is a condition where there is an occurrence of extremely deficient oxygen supply to the body leading to inability of breathing normally.

In 1897, Sigmund Freud, a neurologist said that the disorder is not brought about by a difficult birth rather from the symptoms of other effects during the development of the fetus.

In 1980, it was found out by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke that only few number of cases of cerebral palsy is due to lack of oxygen during birth.

It was believed by Thomas Galton that there is a consistency between aptitude and physical disability however this attitude stays prevalent leading to an over diagnosed cerebral palsy disorder in 1970.

This leads to occurrences of different cerebral palsy subtypes including hypotonic CP however only one individual out of 2000 are positively diagnosed with this disorder. So it only means that cerebral palsy depends on the people’s interpretation of what the disorder is. Spastic, Ataxic, Atheoid, and mixed are recognized by scholars as important forms of cerebral palsy open to subtypes existence.

It is a misnomer that cerebral palsy causes mental retardation because only those individual with brain damage associated with frontal cerebral cortex acquired this disorder.

Learning difficulties can occur but individuals with CP can have normal lives when it is managed effectively and coherently. Difficulties in movements are common with people diagnosed with cerebral palsy varying from minor levels of clumsiness.

Cerebral palsy can occur during pregnancy with a rate of 75%, at birth with a 5% rating, after birth with a 15% rating. Eighty percent of cerebral palsy causes are not known. However some known causes includes malnutrition, infections and major head injury during early stage of childhood.



Amber

Michael Grossman asked:


Brachial Plexus Palsy (BPP) is a devastating condition that infants and some newborns can develop. The Brachial Plexus is a group of nerves on the spine that controls the feeling, control and the movement of the hands, arms and wrists. While this is not a well-discussed injury, interestingly it is more common than other birth injuries, even Cerebral Palsy and Downs Syndrome. Look at the statistics taken from the Brachial Plexus Palsy Foundation’s Website.

One in 1000, births suffer Down syndrome. Two or three per 1000 births suffer Cerebral Palsy. One per 3500, boys suffer Muscular Dystrophy. 1 in 1000 births suffer from Spina Bifida. 3 in 1000 births suffer Brachial Plexus Palsy.

There are three types of this condition reported by the BPP foundation. They are: (in order of severity) Stretch: The least severe of BPP injuries, are caused by swelling in the region of the Brachial Plexus, often spontaneously heals to restore 90 to 100% of the hand(s)/arm(s) use. Rupture: Nerves are completely severed from the plexus (Shoulder region bones and muscles) and require surgery for any possibility of healing. Even with surgery, though it cannot be guaranteed all patients will regain arm, hand and wrist use. Avulsion is the total tearing of the nerves from the spine and the Plexus. This is the most severe form of BPP. Avulsion requires surgery and often muscle transfer for any hope of recovery.

Here are the affects of Brachial Plexus Palsy:

Some individuals may have no control of hand, arms, and wrist. Some may have little control of arm and hand but no control of wrist. In the more acute cases, there may be no use of the affected arm(s) at all, so it will just hang limp. There are sometimes ****** “sagging” on the affected side of the body. Other affects are numbness or lack of sensation in the affected arm/hand/shoulder.

Causes of Brachial Plexus Palsy:

Most injuries occur during birth if babies’ shoulders are spread widely apart. This will cause the severance or tearing of the nerves as described above. The condition can be caused by forceps or other birthing processes that may involve moving a babies’ shoulder head and neck region enough to cause tearing of the brachial nerves.

It is also possible for infants to be harmed to a degree where they develop Brachial Plexus Palsy if they are abused by caretakers.

If you or someone you know has a child that either has been diagnosed with BPP, or has signs of BPP, you may be entitled to damages. Only a qualified attorney can help you find the underlying cause of your baby’s condition and only an attorney can get you the compensation you and your baby deserve.



Elsie

Low Jeremy asked:


Are you aware of what athetoid cerebral palsy is? If you are not, then it is important that you proceed on reading this article. It is important that you are fully aware of what it is so that you will know if your child has athetoid cerebral palsy at an early age and treat him/her immediately. Read on and learn more facts about this type of cerebral palsy.

Athetoid cerebral palsy is accounted for about 10 to 20 percent of the entire cerebral palsy cases. It is commonly caused by the damage on the cerebellum or basal ganglia part of the brain. The basal ganglia are responsible for maintaining smooth and coordinated movements and whole body posture.

Individuals affected by athetoid cerebral palsy usually demonstrate the following signs:

• Unmanageable, slow, involuntary writhing movements of limbs;

• Involuntary movements of the tongue or face;

• Inability to walk or stand without any aid due to poor muscle tone;

• Difficulty in holding or grasping objects;

• Inability of feeding themselves and perform various activities in their everyday living due to uncoordinated movements;

• Demonstrates drooling, griming, and thrusting their tongues out; and

• Inability to swallow food or speak normally (dysatrhria condition);

The treatments for athetoid cerebral palsy-affected individuals involve a prescribed group of drugs known as anticholinergics that is used to decrease abnormal and unnecessary movements. It blocks the effects of acetylcholine which triggers muscle contraction when acted on nerve cells. Other prescribed drugs used in treating athetoid cerebral palsy are:

• Trihexyphenidyl;

• Benztropine; and

• Procyclidine.

There are also physical therapies employed to help restore certain movements such as swallowing as well as to decrease slurred speech. The advancement of technology enables athetoid cerebral palsy patients to use voice synthesizers and other related technology to make their speech clearer.

Although such type of cerebral palsy does not worsen as the affected individual ages, it is really distressing on the part of the individuals with normal intelligence to live with this condition.

At this point, you care as their parent will help in motivating them to work harder and submit themselves to physical therapies in order for them to overcome speech and movement disabilities. Moral support will also count, giving them the encouragement to continue with their therapy sessions and make them feel there are still left hope for them to live life normally later on.



Jeff

Claire asked:


A couple of days ago, i found my self talking to one of my teachers who’s son had cerebral palsy. She said that her son had a twin with the same condition, and he passed away last year. I think she said he was three. Can any one tell me ANYTHING about this, so i can understand it a little more?

Lloyd