Cerebral Palsy - (DETAILED) Overview
Armando Hasudungan・2 minutes read
Cerebral palsy is a group of movement disorders caused by brain damage before or after birth, with symptoms like abnormal reflexes and muscle tone, leading to potential complications like intellectual disability and epilepsy. Different types of cerebral palsy affect various brain areas, resulting in stiffness, involuntary movements, or balance issues, with most cases linked to perinatal or antenatal factors.
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- Cerebral py refers to a group of movement disorders caused by brain damage during pregnancy or shortly after birth, leading to symptoms like irritability, poor feeding, and abnormal reflexes, which can indicate delays in motor development milestones.
- Different types of cerebral py affect specific brain regions like the cerebrum, basil ganglia, and cerebellum, resulting in stiffness, involuntary movements, or balance issues, with causes ranging from perinatal hypoxic injury to genetic factors, emphasizing the need for a multidisciplinary approach to manage complications like pain, intellectual disability, and epilepsy.
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Recent questions
What is cerebral palsy?
Cerebral palsy refers to a group of disorders that affect movement due to brain damage during pregnancy or shortly after birth. It involves the cortex, basil ganglia, and cerebellum.
What are the early signs of cerebral palsy?
Early signs of cerebral palsy include irritability, poor feeding, abnormal reflexes, muscle tone, and asymmetrical movement patterns. Monitoring for delays in motor milestones is necessary.
How is cerebral palsy classified?
Cerebral palsy is classified into dis kinetic, axic, and not a kinetic syndromes, correlating with the brain areas affected. It is a static disorder with nonprogressive symptoms.
What are the complications of cerebral palsy?
Complications of cerebral palsy include pain, intellectual disability, speech disorders, epilepsy, visual impairment, and behavioral issues. Management requires a multidisciplinary team.
What are the possible causes of cerebral palsy?
Possible causes of cerebral palsy include perinatal hypoxic injury, prematurity, intrauterine infections, and genetic susceptibility. The majority of cases are attributed to perinatal or antenatal factors.
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"Cerebral Palsy: Causes, Symptoms, and Management"
- Cerebral py refers to a group of disorders affecting movement due to brain damage during pregnancy or shortly after birth, involving the cortex, basil ganglia, and cerebellum.
- Early signs of cerebral py include irritability, poor feeding, abnormal reflexes, muscle tone, and asymmetrical movement patterns, necessitating monitoring for delays in motor milestones.
- Cerebral py is a static disorder with nonprogressive symptoms, classified into dis kinetic, axic, and not a kinetic syndromes correlating with the brain areas affected.
- Complications of cerebral py include pain, intellectual disability, speech disorders, epilepsy, visual impairment, and behavioral issues, requiring a multidisciplinary team for management.
- The cerebrum, basil ganglia, and cerebellum play crucial roles in voluntary and involuntary movement patterns, with different types of cerebral py affecting these regions causing stiffness, involuntary movements, or balance disturbances.
- Possible causes of cerebral py include perinatal hypoxic injury, prematurity, intrauterine infections, and genetic susceptibility, with the majority of cases attributed to perinatal or antenatal factors.
