Cerebral Palsy Case Studies
Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral Palsy is caused by a brain injury or brain malformation caused before, during or after birth, which is when the baby's brain is under development.As a result of the brain damage a child’s muscle control, muscle coordination, muscle tone, reflex, posture and balance could be affected because of this. Can impact the child's motor skill. In order to prevent your child from having Cerebral Palsy you have to be careful with birth injuries. In some cases, Cerebral Palsy cannot be prevented.
One of the best ways to prevent it is by the effort of the parents and physician. In most cases, accidents happen after the baby is born you can get in a car accident or the baby could have gotten a stroke and in that case they are hard …show more content…
Another symptom can be reflex if the baby shows excessive reflex responses that cause twitching. Underdeveloped or lacking postural and protective reflexes are signs of Cerebral Palsy. Cerebral Palsy can affect posture which is when the right and left limbs will not mirror each other. Can also affect their balance this symptom can be recognized easily when the baby sits and it is not balanced on the seat. Some other symptoms can be unsteady when walking, difficulty to make quick movements, using his hands when doing activities that require balance. One symptom that can be noticeable is development delay this symptom can be easily seen in a …show more content…
Oral motor function can also be another symptom which is when they have difficulty using their lip, tongue and their jaw. They can have difficulty speaking, swallowing, feeding, chewing and they may also start drooling.Due to the lack of facial muscle and not being able to eat a child can choke due to swallowing difficulties which they would have a greater chance of them getting pneumonia and infections.One of the major things once diagnosed is to manage the child physical impairments and the overall health of the kid.Some of the treatments for Cerebral Palsy is therapy and adaptive equipment, but in other severe cases can require drug therapy and surgical interventions. Depending on what the specialist wants to do it can be different in each case.Due to lack of facial muscle they may have difficulties to eat, chew, swallow and communicate this is when this certain condition becomes number one priority to the parent. The child will need to have a lot of visits to doctors and therapy so they can help them out with
Cerebral Palsy is caused by a brain injury or brain malformation caused before, during or after birth, which is when the baby's brain is under development.As a result of the brain damage a child’s muscle control, muscle coordination, muscle tone, reflex, posture and balance could be affected because of this. Can impact the child's motor skill. In order to prevent your child from having Cerebral Palsy you have to be careful with birth injuries. In some cases, Cerebral Palsy cannot be prevented.
One of the best ways to prevent it is by the effort of the parents and physician. In most cases, accidents happen after the baby is born you can get in a car accident or the baby could have gotten a stroke and in that case they are hard …show more content…
Another symptom can be reflex if the baby shows excessive reflex responses that cause twitching. Underdeveloped or lacking postural and protective reflexes are signs of Cerebral Palsy. Cerebral Palsy can affect posture which is when the right and left limbs will not mirror each other. Can also affect their balance this symptom can be recognized easily when the baby sits and it is not balanced on the seat. Some other symptoms can be unsteady when walking, difficulty to make quick movements, using his hands when doing activities that require balance. One symptom that can be noticeable is development delay this symptom can be easily seen in a …show more content…
Oral motor function can also be another symptom which is when they have difficulty using their lip, tongue and their jaw. They can have difficulty speaking, swallowing, feeding, chewing and they may also start drooling.Due to the lack of facial muscle and not being able to eat a child can choke due to swallowing difficulties which they would have a greater chance of them getting pneumonia and infections.One of the major things once diagnosed is to manage the child physical impairments and the overall health of the kid.Some of the treatments for Cerebral Palsy is therapy and adaptive equipment, but in other severe cases can require drug therapy and surgical interventions. Depending on what the specialist wants to do it can be different in each case.Due to lack of facial muscle they may have difficulties to eat, chew, swallow and communicate this is when this certain condition becomes number one priority to the parent. The child will need to have a lot of visits to doctors and therapy so they can help them out with