Thursday 25 August 2016

Cerebral palsy symptoms, signs and cerebral palsy treatment


Cerebral palsy symptoms varies from patient to patient. This condition occur due to some changes or damages in brain that control motor functions of body. It may occur during pregnancy, before birth or after birth of child. It is non progressive permanent condition that restricts control of normal posture and movements. 

There are many cerebral palsy symptoms which create problems in motor functions and some problem are more serious for person or children that they can not able to walk and stand without taking some else help. In most of the cases cerebral palsy problem affect skeletal and muscular development. There are often skeletal deformities that make normal movement impossible. It is mostly involves spasms, loss of balance control, movements control, facial gestures controls and many other problems. 

Toe walking and  Scissor walking are common cerebral palsy symptoms. These issues with motor function can be mild or more severe. Some individuals with this condition can still function and get around, while others are rendered helpless. Depending on the location of the damage to the brain, there are some individuals with cerebral palsy that are affected by only one side of the body. If the brain's right side is damaged, then this result in the left side of the body having limited freely movement issues. 

Newborns with severe cerebral palsy has no normal attitude. You can be excessively movable or immovable property in certain parts of the body. Depends on the severity of the disease. The symptoms can change, if a child is older. Some babies show any symptoms immediately. For those who are not, the symptoms usually immediately show characters from nine months. 

Other symptoms may include epilepsy and other communication disorders. Some symptoms may be eating disorders, sensory impairments, mental retardation and behavioral disorders sometimes. A person that the speech will sound affected usually dragged. This is one of many of the symptoms of this condition frustrating. 

Another common symptom is uncontrollable tremors of the limbs on one side of the body. This is called hemiparetic tremors. If it's too hard, which can shake severely penalize the movement. With cerebral palsy, very dense muscles to stretch its and it's not good. Muscles can actually attract more disease progression over time. Is usually the arms. Another common cerebral palsy sign is difficulty in swallowing. People with cerebral palsy, to control the problems about the movements of his tongue and mouth have problems eating and drinking. You also have a tendency to drool. 

Symptoms of cerebral palsy are undetectable, sometimes until the child reaches a certain age. The common symptoms include mental retardation, impaired vision, uncontrollable seizures and motor mouth and tongue problems. This is a terrible condition, has no cure. Not much is known about the cause, but there are a few medications available to individuals, to manage the involuntary movements. 

Trishla Foundation is one of the best cerebral palsy diagnosis, therapy  and cerebral palsy surgery treatment center in India. Dr. Jitendra kumar jain is one of the most popular orthopedic surgeon and cerebral palsy specialist in India. There are lots of cerebral palsy affected children parents comes every year for better cerebral palsy treatment and CP management from  different countries like different states from India, Nepal, Burma, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Oman, Malaysia, Sri Lanka,  Tajikistan, Jordan, etc. 

Tuesday 2 August 2016

What is Cerebral Palsy?


Cerebral Palsy refers to the non progressive and non contagious condition in which brain trauma impaired with the motor skills of the children. "Cerebral" refers for brain and "palsy" refers to the lack of control on muscles movement.

The causes of cerebral palsy condition is not still determine with the improvement of latest and advance medical technologies. But according to different studies point that cerebral palsy affected after some damages in brain. In 75% case it affect child before the birth, around 5% children get affected during during delivery and 15% children get affected after birth and up to three years of their age. According to previous year USA estimation, 1:3 children diagnosed with cerebral palsy in every 1,000 births.     

The brain infection during these stages may be occur due to come infections like asphyxia ( lack of oxygen during and after birth), meningitis, head injury, multiple pregnancy,  stroke,  infantile jaundice, prematurity, low birth weight, genetic disorder problem, Rh incompatibility etc. 

Cerebral palsy are classified as major 4 types which are given as below:

1. Spastic cerebral palsy: It is one of the most common type of cerebral palsy among cerebral palsy children. 70% to 80% children affected with spastic cerebral palsy condition.  It make muscles tight and stiff.
2. Athetoid or Dyskinetic cerebral palsy:  12% to 15% cerebral palsy children affected with athetoid or dyskinetic cerebral palsy condition. In this cases mostly seen child unable to make their body balance properly.
3. Ataxic cerebral palsy: 8 to 5% cerebral palsy children affected with Ataxic cerebral palsy problem. 

Cerebral Palsy Symptoms

Mostly cerebral palsy symptoms includes bone structure deformity, delay in proper growth in muscles, seizures, stiffness in muscles, movement abnormalities,  problem in motor skills, retardation and many more symptoms seen in cerebral palsy children. These are some common causes of cerebral palsy disorder. The cerebral palsy diagnosis is not possible easily it takes time for proper diagnosis of CP condition. Cerebral palsy condition have nor proper cure available at movement of diagnosis. But there are some cerebral palsy treatment, cerebral palsy surgeries and cerebral palsy therapies are available which help to provide better management in the condition of cerebral palsy children. Physical CP therapy, Occupational CP therapy and speech language CP therapy are common therapies which provided by cerebral palsy specialist for cerebral palsy children.