What is Cerebral Palsy?
Cerebral Palsy (CP) is a group of disorders that affect muscle movement and coordination. It is caused by the damage caused to the immature brain mostly before birth. In many cases, vision, hearing and sensation are affected.
What are the symptoms of Cerebral Palsy?
Blindness
Deafness
Difficulty in holding objects
Difficulty in speaking
Excessive swallowing or drooling
Intellectual disability
Involuntary movements
Oral issues
Psychiatric health issues
Rigidity in movement
Seizures
Stiff and floppy muscles
- Spastic Cerebral Palsy
- Dyskinetic Cerebral Palsy
- Ataxic Cerebral Palsy
- Mixed Cerebral Palsy
A disruption in the development of the brain during birth leads to Cerebral palsy. The cause of this is, however, unknown. Several Factors might leads to it like
- Random mutations
- Maternal infection
- Infant infection affecting brain inflammation
- Traumatic head injury
- Fetal stroke
- Lack of oxygen
A neurologist might order diagnostic tests such as
- MRI
- Cranial ultrasound
- CT Scan
- EEG