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 What is CEREBRAL PALSY?

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Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of disorder that affect a personal ability to move and maintain balance and posture.

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Cerebral means having to do with brain. Palsy means weakness or a problem with the muscles.

This occurs when there is a problem that affect the development of the baby brain while still in the womb.

What causes CP?

  • Brain infection like meningitis
  • Severe jaundice in an infant
  • Maternal infection
  • Gene mutation that lead to abnormal brain development
  • Lack of oxygen during labor
  • Fetal stroke
  • Traumatic head injury

 

Symptoms of CP

  • Delay in reaching motor skills milestone. E.g. sitting on his/her own, crawling, rolling etc.
  • Tremors or involuntary movements
  • Excessive drooling or difficult in swallowing
  • Lack of muscle coordination
  • Favoring one side of the body

Who is at risk of cerebral palsy?

They are certain factors that put an infant to an increased risk of CP including:

  • Premature birth
  • Low birth weight
  • Breech birth
  • Rhesus factor incompatibility

Different types of CP

  1. Spastic CP that causes the muscles to be stiff and exaggerated reflex making walking to be difficult
  2. Dyskinetic CP- have trouble in controlling their body movements e.g. hands or legs. It makes the person have problem in sitting or walking even in swallowing.
  3. Hypotonic CP-with this, they experience difficulty in controlling of muscles because they are overly relaxed.

 Prevention

  • Make sure you are vaccinated before pregnancy
  • See early and pre-continuous antenatal
  • Practice good child safety
  • Avoid drugs such as alcohol during pregnancy.

If you happen to have a child with CP, don’t hide them, they are blessings and we have institutions that can help them.

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