11 things to know about celebral palsy

Cerebral Palsy (CP)

13 Things To Know About Cerebral Palsy

 1 Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common motor disability in childhood, and children with celebral palsy and their families need support not only from themselves but also from the government. 

Get to learn and understand more about celebral palsy  and what signs  does it have to look for mostly  in young children.

Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of  mental, physical disorders that affect a person’s ability to move and maintain balance and posture by themselves.

2 It  is the most common motor disability in most children at young age. Most children to about 1 in 345 children has been identified with CP according to estimation  from  Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) agencies.

3 This celebral palsy disorder  is more common among boys than girls according to the doctors.

4 Most  children with celebral palsy  have spastic celebral palsy which means   that their muscles are very stiff or weak , and as a result, their movements can be not be normal. Children children with CP most cannot be able to walk alone but in the help of either a parent or guardian.

5 About 2 in 20  children identified with CP walk using a hand-held mobility device such children body parts aren't stable.

6 Many children with CP have one added more conditions or diseases along with their CP, however, about 4 in 10 children with CP also have epilepsy and about 1 in 10 have autism spectrum disorder.

7 Celebral palsy is related to damage of brain  whichh always happens before or during birth and it is called congenital celebral palsy. 

The following factors can increase the risk for congenital CP:

Being born too early this is called premature births.

Being born too small 'kadonyole'.

Being born a twin or other multiple births.

Being conceived by in vitro fertilization .

Being born by a mother who is having   Syndrome transmitted  diseases or infections which she didn't get to treat during pregnancy journey. 

 Heaving  of brain damage that can happen when severe newborn jaundice goes without getting  early treatment.

8 A small percentage of CP is caused by brain damage that happens in 30 days after birth of a child . This is called acquired celebral palsy .

 Factors  that can increase the risk for acquired celebral palsy in a child 

Having a brain infection, ie meningitis.

Having alot of head injuries.

 9 Researchers have actually not come up with the exactly causes of celebral palsy in most children.

10 Celebral palsy  is typically diagnosed during the first or second year after birth. Incase a   child’s symptoms are mild, it is sometimes difficult to make a diagnosis until the child is a 5 years older to avoid getting a worse results incase it is diagnosed.

 11 Children and adults with celebral palsy can stay well, active, in the community if involved.

12 People should know that celebral palsy cannot be cured ,but a host of interventions can improve functional abilities , participation and quality of life.

13 These conditions need to be recognized as involving the whole family and management , should always occur in life context of different families needs , balues and abilities.

Signs of celebral palsy from birth 

Early Signs of celebral palsy

From birth to 5 years of age, a child should atleast reach movement goals this is also called  milestones ie rolling over and over by itself ,sitting up, standing, and walking though by the assistance of a guardian or parent. Incase a child delay  in reaching these movement milestones could be a sign of celebral palsy automatically. It is important to understand  that some children without CP also might have some of these signs but doesn't mean they have acquired it,,, though it's advisable to take the for early checkup.

Here are  some other signs of possible CP.

In a baby 3 to 6 months of age:

The head  of this child  falls back when picked up while lying on back ,the neck here is very weak to get its own support.

The child is able to feel stiff.

The child is able to feel floppy.

The neck and back seems to overextend  when cradled in someone’s arms.

The legs get stiff and cross like a  scissor when picked up by someone.

In a baby older than 6 months of age

The child doesn’t roll over in either direction he's constant.

The child cannot  bring hands together by itself.

The child has  difficulties in  bringing hands to mouth by itself.

It reaches out with only one hand while keeping the other fisted like it cannot use both at the same time.

In a baby older than 10 months of age 

Here the child crawls "kwagura" in a lopsided manner, pushing off with one hand and leg while dragging the opposite hand and leg.

It scoots around using buttocks or hops on knees, but does not crawl on his hands nor legs.

This are the pure facts about celebral palsy  disorder that mostly affect children during birth.

Go through and get to understand so that when you get to encounter them in young children you can predict what's about to affect the child.

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By Princillah Bosco.

On January 20 2023