Cerebral Palsy
... " (Early Diagnosis and Therapy in Cerebral Palsy: A Primer On Infant Developmental Problems, Scherzer, Alfred L. ... John Little" Today there is such tremendous amount of new information about Cerebral Palsy (CP) that I never knew existed; even though, Ive had it since birth. ... According to the Medlineplus Medical Encyclopedia web definition page "Cerebral Palsy is defined as a group of terminal disorders affecting control of movement which appears within the first five years of life. ... It is important to remember that cerebral palsy is not a contagious, life-threatening, or heredity disease and that it doesnt get worse over time. ... The brain damage may be due to many purposes, but according to Marion Stanton author of The Cerebral Palsy Handbook: "Up to 50 % of CP cases have no known cause." There is three times in which you can develop cerebral palsy: before birth (prenatal), around time of birth (perinatal), and within the first five years of life (postnatal). ... 2) According to the organization Cerebral Palsy of Southwestern Illinois’s html page: "There is the chance that the child will have cerebral palsy before birth (prenatal) if the fetus has been exposed to the following risk factors: poor nutrition; exposure to poisonous substances of nicotine, alcohol, and drugs; infectious diseases such as AIDS, herpes, syphilis, gonorrhea, German measles (Rubella); chromosome abnormalities; biogenetic disorders; malformations of the babys brain, multiple birth (e. ... " According to Marion Stanton author of The Cerebral Palsy Handbook and the organization Cerebral Palsy of Southern Illinois html page: "There is a chance that the child will have cerebral palsy at or around the time of birth (perinatal) if the infant has been exposed to the following risk factors: damaged placenta during birth; RH or A-B-O type incompatibility between mother and infant; a labor too long or to abrupt (causes poor oxygen supply that destroys brain tissue); small pelvic structure; premature delivery; caesarian or breech delivery; and effects of anesthetics. According to the organization of Cerebral Palsy of Southwestern Illinois html pages (3-4): "There is a chance that the child will have cerebral palsy after birth (postnatal) if the childs brain is damaged by the following: infections such as meningitis; brain hemorrhages (bleeding); head injury from falls, car accidents, or abuse; near drowning accidents; and poisoning. ... Also good prenatal care may lower the risk of some occasional causes of cerebral palsy; however, improvements in obstetrical care at delivery havent lowered the risk of CP but investigators found that magnesium sulfate appeared to have a positive effect against cerebral palsy in low birth weight babies whether or not the mother had other drugs to stop preterm labor or to enhance lung maturation in premature infants (Press Release from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke: Magnesium Linked to Lower Incidence of Cerebral Palsy; author: Warren, Margo 1995 February 8th).