Today I am going to inform you about the muscular disease Cerebral Palsy, also commonly referred to as CP. The disease affects the muscular make up of your body, it weakens you to an abnormal extent, but Cerebral Palsy mostly affects the brain and the way it sends signals to the muscles that are developed. I am going to inform you of the diagnosis, treatment, types and effects of CP on a child that I have compiled through extensive research and personal experience.
My first point is to explain the diagnosis and treatment of the muscle disorder known as CP. My cousin Zachary had shown these symptoms as early as three months. As devastating as it was, the "sooner you see the symptoms the better, because the disorder will be treated earlier" (Scherzer 228). There are many different types of CP; the diagnosis also varies with the types. Some of the "common symptoms include lethargy, irritability, high-pitched cry, trembling of the arms and legs, low muscle tone, poor feeding abilities, seizures, staring spells, and eye fluttering" (About-Cerebral-Palsy 3). Zach has a few of these symptoms and they are quite scary, one time when I was holding him while his mother was out of the room. Zach started to tremble like it was freezing cold while he was just staring and blinking into space. Once a child with CP reaches the age of six months you start to see that he or she is picking up normal motor skills slower than a child without the disorder. .
My second point is to explain the cause and types of Cerebral Palsy. The cause is not completely understood, but medical examiners have started to realize that the effects are during a woman's pregnancy. Zach's disorder was caused by a pre-mature birth that was not cared for properly, he was not in rushed into neo-natal care like all pre-matures babies should be. Not to mention him being breeched, with a slow heart beat already. The doctors also say the cause of CP can be drug use by the mother, lack of oxygen to the brain after birth; which was also part of Zach's disorder, and even poor hygiene before birth.
Cerebral Palsy Definition: Cerebral palsy (CP) is a term used to describe a group of chronic conditions affecting body movements and muscle coordination. The word cerebral refers to the brain and palsy to difficulty in control of movement . Cerebral palsy is neither progressive nor communicable. ... Birth injury can lead to cerebral palsy. ... Four Types of Cerebral Palsy: • Spastic. ...
What is Cerebral palsy? ... "The United Cerebral palsy Associations estimate that more than 500,000 Americans have cerebral palsy. ... About one-fourth of all people with cerebral palsy have athetoid cerebral palsy. ... About one-fourth of all people with cerebral palsy have mixed cerebral palsy. ... What Causes Cerebral palsy? ...
Cerebral palsy is a condition in which the brain is malformed during fetal development. ... William John Little first defined cerebral palsy as an injury that stemmed from a lack of oxygen at birth (Cerebral Palsy Pioneers 2012). He himself had cerebral palsy. ... Epilepsy is also common in children with cerebral palsy, 41% of those who had cerebral palsy, had epilepsy as well (CDC 2009). ... The prevention of cerebral palsy is difficult; you don't know if your child will have cerebral palsy right away; it can take months for it to develop. ...
Americans are faced with decisions about the treatment options for cerebral palsy. ... Technical Background Categories pertaining to Cerebral Palsy: 1. ... Early hand preference, often occurs to children that have cerebral palsy. ... Ataxic Cerebral Palsy makes balance and coordination complicated. Mixed Cerebral Palsy-exhibits signs and symptoms of more than one type of the condition ("What is Cerebral Palsy" 3). ...
Americans are faced with decisions about the treatment options for cerebral palsy. ... Technical Background Categories pertaining to Cerebral Palsy: 1. ... Early hand preference, often occurs to children that have cerebral palsy. ... Ataxic Cerebral Palsy makes balance and coordination complicated. Mixed Cerebral Palsy "exhibits signs and symptoms of more than one type of the condition ("What is Cerebral Palsy " 3). ...
Cerebral Palsy (CP) in the simplest, most concise definition is a neuromuscular impairment of cerebral origin. ... Cerebral Palsy is a disorder caused by damage to the developing brain, usually before or shortly after birth. ... A number of factors can cause Cerebral Palsy: *Reduced nutrition to the fetus. ... It is now believed that most Cerebral Palsy is caused by more than one damaging factor. ... The problem areas of Cerebral Palsy cover a very broad span of disability. ...
Topic - Cerebral Palsy General Purpose - To inform Specific Purpose - To inform my audience on Cerebral Palsy (CP), a condition that affects thousands of people each year. ... Body • Cerebral Palsy is a condition that affects the brain. ... (Cerebral palsy - causes and implications, Victoria, 2013). ... Ataxic cerebral palsy: this case results in lack of balance and coordination. ... ("A report: The definition and classification of cerebral palsy April 2006". ...
He was the victim of the Cerebral Palsy. Cerebral Palsy is disability caused by brain damage before or during birth, or in the early years of the baby, in result that the baby had loss voluntary muscular control. ... There are many different forms of Cerebral Palsy, each of them caused by a damage of different area of the brain. ...
Cerebral Palsy; also known as CP, is a condition caused by injury to the parts of the brain that control our ability to use our muscles and bodies (http://www.chasa.org/). Cerebral dealing with the brain, and Palsy meaning weakness or problems with using the muscles, often the injury happens before birth, sometimes during delivery, or soon after being born. ... At about 5 weeks into the world, my sister, Diamond, suffered a stroke in the middle of the night which would later lead to her being diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy. ... She leaves people picking their jaws up off the floor whenever she ...
