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Cerebral palsy
DESCRIPTION A term used to decribe a group of patients with a non-progressive disorder of movement or posture that is a result of a central nervous system abnormality that occurred prenatally, perinatally, or during the first three years of life.
HERBS OF CHOICE Herbs are often used in combinations when combating an illness. Some of the most frequently used herbs are listed below. These nine herbs were picked up from different herbal combinations and are not meant to form a recipe. Our reference code for the different combinations of herbs used for this condition is NCP. This listing is not meant to diagnose, only to inform. This is of course not a complete list and is not meant to be used in the place of a doctor's advice. Click the image of each herb for a brief introduction in terms of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
CLINICAL SUCCESS IN CHINA Chinese herbal doctors have reported some successful applications of these herbal combinations. During observation on 42 patients receiving treatment with herbal remedy, 12 cases were judged as significant improvement in mental, 25 cases other moderate improvement. 16 cases were judged as significant improvement in movement, 18 cases other moderate improvement. Physicians judged the clinical efficacy to be good or excellent in 84.5%, 81.0% in mental and movement respectively. Check the table below for details.
Cases
Significant improvement
Moderate improvement
Total
cases
%
42
mental
12
25
37
88.1
movement
16
18
34
81.0
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In cerebral palsy (CP), faulty development or damage to motor areas in the brain impair the body's ability to control movement and posture. This results in a number of chronic neurological disorders. Cerebral palsy is usually associated with events that occur before or during birth, but may be acquired during the first few months or years of life as the result of head trauma or infection.
Cerebral palsy is neither contagious nor inherited, nor is it progressive. The symptoms of cerebral palsy differ from person to person and change as children and their nervous systems mature.
Some persons with severe cerebral palsy are completely disabled and require lifelong care, while others display only slight awkwardness and need no special assistance. Complications associated with cerebral palsy include learning disabilities, gastrointestinal dysfunction, tooth decay (dental caries), sensory deficits, and seizures.
In about 70 percent of cases, cerebral palsy results from events occurring before birth that can disrupt normal development of the brain. Contrary to common belief, lack of oxygen reaching the fetus during labor and delivery contributes to only a small minority of cases of cerebral palsy, according to a 2003 report by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). A small number of babies also develop brain injuries in the first months or years of life that can result in cerebral palsy. In many cases, the cause of cerebral palsy in a child is not known.
Some of the known causes of cerebral palsy include:
  • Infections during pregnancy: Certain infections in the mother, including rubella (German measles), cytomegalovirus (a usually mild viral infection) and toxoplasmosis (a usually mild parasitic infection) can cause brain damage and result in cerebral palsy. Recent studies suggest that maternal infections involving the placental membranes (chorioamnionitis) may contribute to cerebral palsy in full-term as well as preterm babies (those born before 37 completed weeks of pregnancy). A 2003 study at the University of California at San Francisco found that full-term babies were four times more likely to develop cerebral palsy if they were exposed to chorioamnionitis in the womb. Reproductive/urinary tract infections also may increase the risk of preterm delivery, another risk factor for cerebral palsy.
  • Insufficient oxygen reaching the fetus: For example, when the placenta is not functioning properly or it tears away from the wall of the uterus before delivery, the fetus may not receive sufficient oxygen.
  • Prematurity: Premature babies who weigh less than 3 1/3 pounds are up to 30 times more likely to develop cerebral palsy than full-term babies. Many of these tiny babies suffer from bleeding in the brain, which can damage delicate brain tissue, or develop periventricular leukomalacia, destruction of nerves around the fluid-filled cavities (ventricles) in the brain.
  • Asphyxia during labor and delivery: Until recently, it was widely believed that asphyxia (lack of oxygen) during a difficult delivery was the cause of most cases of cerebral palsy. The ACOG/AAP report shows that fewer than 10 percent of the type of brain injuries that can result in cerebral palsy are caused by asphyxia.
  • Blood Diseases: Rh disease, an incompatibility between the blood of the mother and her fetus, can cause severe jaundice and brain damage, resulting in cerebral palsy. Rh disease usually can be prevented by giving an Rh-negative woman an injection of a blood product called Rh immune globulin around the 28th week of pregnancy and again after the birth of an Rh-positive baby. Blood clotting disorders (thrombophilias) in either mother or baby also may increase the risk.
  • Severe jaundice: Jaundice, yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes caused by the build-up of a pigment called bilirubin in the blood, occasionally becomes severe. Without treatment, severe jaundice can pose a risk of permanent brain damage resulting in athetoid cerebral palsy.
  • Other birth defects: Babies with brain malformations, numerous genetic diseases and other physical birth defects are at increased risk of cerebral palsy.
  • Acquired cerebral palsy: About 10 percent of children with cerebral palsy acquire it after birth due to brain injuries that occur during the first two years of life. The most common causes of such injuries are brain infections (such as meningitis) and head injuries.
There are three major types of cerebral palsy, and some individuals may have symptoms of more than one type.
  • Spastic cerebral palsy (SCP): About 70 to 80 percent of affected individuals have spastic cerebral palsy, in which muscles are stiff, making movement difficult. When both legs are affected (spastic diplegia), a child may have difficulty walking because tight muscles in the hips and legs cause legs to turn inward and cross at the knees (called scissoring). In other cases, only one side of the body is affected (spastic hemiplegia), often with the arm more severely affected than the leg. Most severe is spastic quadriplegia, in which all four limbs and the trunk are affected, often along with the muscles controlling the mouth and tongue. Children with spastic quadriplegia often have mental retardation and other problems.
  • Athetoid or dyskinetic cerebral palsy (DCP): About 10 to 20 percent of affected individuals have the athetoid form, which affects the entire body. It is characterized by fluctuations in muscle tone (varying from too tight to too loose) and sometimes is associated with uncontrolled movements (which can be slow and writhing or rapid and jerky). Children often have trouble learning to control their bodies well enough to sit and walk. Because muscles of the face and tongue can be affected, there also can be difficulties with sucking, swallowing and speech.
  • Ataxic cerebral palsy (ACP): About 5 to 10 percent of affected individuals have the ataxic form, which affects balance and coordination. They may walk with an unsteady gait with feet far apart, and they have difficulty with motions that require precise coordination, such as writing.
SYNONYMS
  • Little diseases
  • Cerebral diplegia
  • Infantile cerebral paralysis
SYMPTOMS By subtypes
  • Spastic
    • Associated and significant spasticity
    • Contractures
    • Mental retardation
    • Aphonia
    • Seizures
  • Athetotic
    • Usually normal intelligence
    • Choreiform movements
    • Muscular hypertrophy
  • Ataxic
    • Clumsy disposition
    • Normal intelligence
    • Some are highly talkative (cocktail party syndrome)
  • Spastic diplegia
    • Spares upper extremities
    • Spastic (scissor gait)
    • Normal intelligence
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