Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of disorders that affect a person’s ability to maintain body posture, bodily balance and also inability to move. Cerebral palsy (CP) is a common motor disorder or disability in children. Cerebral means something having to do with the brain and palsy means problems or weakness with the muscles. Cerebral palsy (CP) is a long life disorder, in which child coordination and movement affected. It is due to problem with the brain that develops before, after or during birth. It is cured by an infection Caught during pregnancy or a stroke (bleeding in the baby‘s brain). It may be caused by lack of or shortage of blood supply to their brain is cut-off. Cerebral palsy (CP) also caused by mother smoking taking drug or drinking a lot of alcohol during pregnancy premature birth also caused Cerebral palsy (CP). The seventy of symptoms very child to child. Sometime the whole body of a child is affected or sometime one side of the body affected.
Symptoms of Cerebral palsy (CP)
There are many types of symptoms:
Movement and development:
The major symptoms of Cerebral palsy (CP) are problem with development, movement and coordination.
Sign in a child include:
- Seeming too floopy or too stiff (hypotonia)
- Delay developmental millstones according to developmental.
- Weak Arms
- Shaking hands
- Weak legs
- Muscles Spasms
- Walking on tiptoes
Other Symptoms
- Problem with communication and speaking.
- Lift or Seizures
- Difficulty staying or falling asleep.
- Scoliosis(abnormally cured spine)
- Hips dislocate easily
- GORD – acid from the stomach leaks.
- Learning disability
- Speech problems
- Uncontrolled eye movement.
- Hearing loss
Types of Cerebral palsy (CP)
There are 4 main types of Cerebral palsy (CP)
Spastic Cerebral palsy (CP): The Muscles are stiff and light
Dyskinesia Cerebral palsy (CP): Uncontrolled body movements or sperms.
Ataxic Cerebral palsy (CP): Child has balanced coordination problems.
Mixed Cerebral palsy (CP): Child has more than one type of Cerebral palsy (CP).