Cerebral palsy is a condition that affects movement and muscle tone and is caused by damage to the developing brain, either during pregnancy, birth, or early childhood. Common causes include problems during pregnancy, premature birth, malnutrition, infections, and brain injuries occurring before the age of 5. While there is no cure for cerebral palsy, treatments can help improve functions like movement, speech, learning, and development. Prevention focuses on ensuring a healthy pregnancy and baby by avoiding risks like substance abuse, untreated medical conditions, premature birth, and head injuries.
3. Who gets it and etiology
• Children who suffer brain damage until the age of five
• premature children and children of multiple births
• Signs and symptoms include Abnormal muscle tone, poor
coordination delay of reaching developmental milestones, as
well as problems sucking and having a veryu shrill or weak
cry, abnormal sensations like being hurt when touched very
lightly
• there is no cure for cerebral palsy
• things that are affected include Dislocated hips, scoliosis,
slow social and emotional development, learning, speech,
hearing, and movement also individuals with Cerebral palsy
may be prone to contracting Bronchitis and pneumonia
4. Treatment and Prevention
• there is no cure so there is only treatments to manage
crebral palsy
• therapies can improve movement, speech learning, hearing
and social and emotional development
• Braces, medicine and surgeries help improve muscle
function
• true Casues are unknown so there is no real method to
prevent a child to get cerebral palsy
• one can take steps to ensure healthy baby, such as carrying
the baby to term by having a healthy diet before and during
pregnancy and controlling any health issues such as
diabetes and nutrition deficiencies.
• never shake the baby as can cause shaken baby syndrome
and cause brain damage, also use baby car seat properly
and minimize lead exposure in the house along with making
sure the child gets the proper immunizations.
