CEREBRAL
PALSY NEWS
BREAKING
NEWS!!
October 2, 2003
"Cerebral Palsy Incidence
Linked to Birth Weight"
New
cerebral palsy studies indicate that cerebral
palsy births are more likely to occur when
children are born either too big or too
small. The study compared data from 10 European
birth registers of 4,500 children born with
cerebral palsy and found babies with a low
weight for their gestational age had a four
to six time greater likelihood of having
cerebral palsy. Very large babies also had
an increased risk of cerebral palsy, or
three time increased risk according to the
study.
The
most common cause of physical disability
in children in developed countries, cerebral
palsy has no cure and causes poor development
or damage to motor areas of the brain. The
new cerebral palsy findings may better indicate
which direction studies to prevent and cure
cerebral palsy should head. For more information
on cerebral palsy contact
us to confer with a cerebral palsy lawyer.
BREAKING
NEWS!!
September 9, 2003
"Cerebral Palsy Patient
Endures Great Pain During Search for a Doctor"
A
common cerebral palsy effect of the permanent
condition can be contractures, or the tightening
of tendons and muscles. The way of treating
contractures is to have surgery performed
in order to relieve the painful cerebral
palsy side effect. The cerebral palsy patient’s
mother believes the cerebral palsy was caused
when a doctor moved his breathing tube after
surgery for an intestinal blockage when
he was a baby that cut off his air.
It
took a long time before the family was able
to locate a doctor that would perform the
cerebral palsy surgery. At one point, the
contractures caused so much pain that the
cerebral palsy patient wanted doctors to
just cut off his legs completely. Instead,
the only doctor to perform the cerebral
palsy surgery in 33 counties will stretch
the veins and arteries by releasing them
and then casting him from ankle to hip will
most likely be a successful surgery.
For
more information on cerebral palsy contact
us to confer with a cerebral
palsy lawyer.
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