2. WHAT CAUSES THIS ILLNESS?
• Bifid spine is a birth deffect that
happens when a baby backbone does
not form normally. As a result, the
spinal cord and the nerves that branch
out of it may damaged. And were the
break append it has different levels of
injury:
3.
4. CERVICAL LEVEL: the breakage is really up in the
spinal column.(the breakage is really serious, you
are paralytic from neck to feet).
5. TORACIC LEVEL: the breakage is in the middle of
the spinal column.(the breakage isn´t very serious,
you move with a wheelchair).
6. LUMBOSACRO LEVEL: the breakage is really down of
the spinal cord (the breakage isn´t serious, but you
have to wear splints)
7. this is the hurt that you have
when you are born.
8. And after the surgeon has
operated (this is the scar that they
have).
9.
10. WHAT DOES IT AFFECT?
It affects the spinal cord, the feet, the
excretory system, the nervous system (it
affects all parts of the body that are under
the breakage).
11. HOW DO YOU GET IT?
It is a deffect of the formacion of the vertebral column
during pregnancy.
We don´t know the causes, but scientifics talk about:
genetic causes, acid folic, etc…
12. SYMPTOMS
This rare form of bifid is characterized by the
protrusion of the protective membranes through the
spinal cord through. As the spinal cord develops
normally, these membranes can be removed via
surgery with little to no damage to nerve pathways.
13. TREATMENT 1
It depends of the level of bifid spine: all people that
have this ilness, have to wear splints. Also, they use to
go 1 or 2 days a week to rehabilitation.(some of them
go to the swimmingpool).
Apart from the extra-exercise, my brother Jose has a
medicine in the morning and at night.
14. TREATMENT 2
People with bifid spine need to use diaper, because the
excretory system doesn´t work very well, the reason is
that the when spinal cord breaks, it also affects the
excretory system, and they don´t control it very well.
15. PREVENTION 1
Have folic acid, this is very easy prevention
and effective, we know that up a 78 % of
cases could have this problem during
gestation.
16. PREVENTION 2
The administration of a prepared
polivitaminico, rich in folic acid, from a
month before you become pregnant until
the second menstrual lack, reduces the risk
of recurrence of spina bifida in the next
pregnancy successfully.
17. PREVENTION 3
For the mother who has given birth to a
baby with bifid spine, there is a risk,
approximately 4%, again to have another
baby with the same problem. The risk is
small, but real. Therefore, in the event of a
new pregnancy, parents must go to an
obstetrician as soon as possible for control
and surveillance
