Madison Nielson
?Cerebral Palsy? ? Term 2 Project
12.20.16
6 When your child has a brain injury or doesn?t grow like it should, it can lead to a disorder known as Cerebral Palsy. CP, as referred to, not only effects the brain, but also body movement and posture; (Stern). In the United States, alone, about 500,000 kids and adults have CP, or show signs of having cerebral palsy. 8,000 become diagnosed with CP each year; (Texas Adoption Resource Exchange). There is no actual study about the life expectancy of CP. Most who are diagnosed with cerebral palsy generally live 30-70 years, depending on their CP condition; (Birth Injury Guide). Cerebral palsy is considered a genetic disorder because it is caused by an abnormality in the brain.
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The symptoms are poor coordination, stiff and weak muscles. It?s affects sensation, vision, hearing, swallowing, and speaking. About 1/3 of those with CP will end up having seizures; (Contributors). Seizures are brief moments of abnormal brain activity that causes your body to jerk or loss of awareness; (Contributors, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia). There are several sub-types known as spastic CP, ataxic CP and athetoid CP; (Contributors, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia). Under spastic, there are other sub-groups: hemiplegia, diplegia, monoplegia, triplegia, and quadriplegia. Hemiplegia is where the CP symptoms only affected one side. Diplegia has affected the lower part of their bodies. They are usually given walkers, crutches, canes, or even just orthotics to help them move around without bigger struggles. They often receive nearsightedness and strabismus, being cross eyed. Monoplegia is just one single limb has been affected. Triplegia is, obviously, three limbs have been affected. Quadriplegia is, also obvious, all four limbs have been affected. They are the least likely to walk because their muscles are too tight and impairs their normal movement; (Contributors, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia). Ataxic is the least frequent diagnosis of CP. Ataxic is damaged in the cerebellar structures of the brain causing damage to muscle movement and balance. They also experience problems with coordination in the arms, legs, and …show more content…
There are only long-term treatments such as therapies, drugs, and even surgery. Each treatment depends on the severity and types of CP the person has. Self-care includes physical exercise improving their cardiovascular health, but depends on CP and injury. It also includes special education, focuses on the individual as a student and gets them working in the different areas in need. Therapies include, occupational therapy, stretching, and physical therapy. These include, in order of list, improving daily living, flexibility, and muscle strength and function. Medications include muscle relaxants and sedatives. These will help them reduce muscle tension to relieve any pain they will have, and causes them calmness. Surgery is used to help them get food; gastrostomy. CP can affect their digestive system or swallowing in general. They will insert a tube through the abdomen and into stomach to give them their food easier. The only way to know what your child needs with his//her condition is to see a specialist; such as a pediatric neurologist, speech therapist, neurodevelopmental disabilities pediatrician, orthopedic surgeon, physical medicine and rehabilitation, neurologist, pediatrician, and a primary care provider. Keep these people in touch; (Google
Spina Bifida is the most common permanently disabling birth defect in the United States. It is a birth defect in which a developing baby's spinal cord fails to develop properly. The term Spina bifida comes from Latin and means "split" or "open" spine. This disorder occurs when the fetus is growing in the womb and its spine doesn’t form correctly. Some of the vertebrae don’t close to make their normal ring shapes around the spinal cord. This defect happens at the end of the first month of pregnancy, when a baby's spine and spinal cord are developing. Causes of Spina Bifida Causes that cause this disorder are low levels of the vitamin folic acid during pregnancy. Not having enough folic acid in the diet before and during early pregnancy can increase a woman's risk of Spina bifida and possibility of other neural tube defects. A high fever during pregnancy may increase a woman's chance of having a baby with Spina bifida. Some evidence suggests that genes may be a cause of Spina Bifida, but most babies born with Spina bifida have no family history of the condition. Also, women with epilepsy
It is characterized by normal early growth and development followed by a slowing of development, the loss of purposeful use of the hands, slowed brain and head growth, problems with walking, seizures, and intellectual disability.
We may not have eradicated all of the stubborn philosophies about physically challenged individuals, American society has greatly enhanced since the 1920s. More of us understand the diversity in each other, and that many conditions affect people differently. The Polio Journals brightens that path of progress and sheds light on how far there is yet to travel. I highly recommend this read, and I look forward to gaining more insight into the eyes of
The adaptations center that I had visited, help enable people with cerebral palsy to function more independently in the community. The adaptation center front entrance is wide with automatic sliding doors, so a person in a wheel chair can easily enter independently. The bathroom the door is also wide with an automatically open so that a person in wheel chair can easily use. The hallways are spacious for multiple people and wheel chair used. Locker rooms and showers are low to the floor and line up back to the room so they will have enough space. Its better this way because if the lockers wasn't line up side by side it would be congested and not enough room for wheel chair used.
...r Progeria. Monitory for cardiovascular disease may help with managing the heart conditions that occur later in the child’s life. Some children may have coronary artery bypass surgery of dilation of cardiac arteries (angioplasty) to reduce the onset of cardiovascular disease. Physical and occupation therapy will ease stiff joints and allow more flexibility and allows children to maintain a healthy level of playtime with friends or even some sports. Regular dental visits are important and having the milk teeth extracted will help prevent problems associated with HGPS. Good nutrition for caloric building and promoting smaller meals frequently through out the day will help with energy and growth. Hydration is very important when dealing with a child suffering from Progeria; due to the thin dry skin children with progeria are more prone to become dehydrated.
Many people have heard the term cerebral palsy and may have a personal perception about the appearance and effects of this
...ally during this stage patients will lose their ability to control movement completely, but still may say words and certain phrases. He/she will need assistance with most of their daily living and require personal care round the clock. Also, they lose the ability to smile or sit without support.
Obesity and poor nutrition are twice as prevalent among adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including spina bifida. Yet few programs have been successfully developed to teach basic food preparation skills for healthy and affordable meals in this “hidden” population. Decreased mobility is a pronounced limitation associated with spina bifida. The low metabolism that results from decreased activity levels is often worsened by sleep apnea, making it difficult to maintain a healthy weight. Other contributing factors to obesity in adults with spina bifida may include isolation due to lack of transportation and underemployment, poor planning skills, emotional eating, and low lean muscle mass. Additionally, executive dysfunction,
The motor neurons send a long process from the spinal cord to the muscle. Refer to Figure 2. The motor neurons then send the electrical impulse to the muscle, therefore allowing the muscle to contract. In order for a normal physical movement to happen, this process must be able to compromise for the movement to be able to happen. This could either be a simple as walking, standing, sitting or writing. Spinal muscular atrophy has the ability or the lack of ability to receive this impulse thus creating the problem of achieving the basic everyday activity. The phenotype of the spinal muscular atrophy can be categorized by the achievement between the small movements of basic activity, this can either be recognized from sitting down to standing up, or laying down to standing up, etc. This can help tell which feature of the spinal muscular atrophy an individual belongs to. There are 3 types of Spinal Muscular Atrophy, they are listed
In the chapter, one of the physical disabilities that were mentioned was spina bifida, which means as indicated in the book a birth defect in which the spine does not form normally. The chapter goes into more details about what comes from having spina bifida, but one thing that it mentioned was that this disorder “may also occur without adversely affecting cognitive development” (pg. 20). Also a person that has cerebral palsy sometimes the only problem that they might have is physical functioning. But it doesn’t imply that they also have a cognitive disability. Every person might be categorized or labeled with the same disability, but as the book mentioned there is different levels of disabilities and not because a person has cerebral palsy and have difficulty in problem solving, it will mean that another person with cerebral palsy will have the same problem. Also there have been cases where a person due to an accident becomes severely physically disable but on the cognitive side they are fine. I don’t know if I am able to give this example and correct me if I wrong, if it don’t have to do anything in this circumstance. But an example I can give is Christopher Reeve the actor who played Superman. He became paralyzed and wasn’t able to breathe without the help of a respirator. Anyone who sees him might of think that he also had cognitive disability, but he
I found that in definition the words Cerebral Palsy are used to describe a medical condition that affects control of the muscles. Cerebral means anything in the head and palsy refers to anything wrong with control of the muscles or joints in the body. If someone has cerebral palsy it means that because of an injury to their brain (that's the cerebral part) they are not able to use some of the muscles in their body in the normal way (that's the palsy part). Children who have cerebral palsy, or CP, may not be able to walk, talk, eat or play in the same ways as most other kids. I also learned that CP is not a disease or illness. It isn't contagious and it doesn't get worse, but it is not something you "grow out of." Children who have CP will have it all their lives.
[4] Hemiplegia causes one side of the body to have a problem with motion. Parts of the brain that controls the movement of the limbs are affected which causes a problem with motor skills. We don't know what causes this and how to fully solve it. But, it can be sometimes caused by a brain injury and most commonly a stroke. [2] It is seen in most young child and can occur before birth
Cerebral palsy (CP) is characterized by motor performance and postural challenges appearing early in life. Impaired muscle strength and tonicity are major predictors of poor motor control affecting the ability for children with CP to develop age appropriate milestones including ambulation and other functional skills. Muscle weakness is associated with abnormal bone development (Stevenson, Conaway, Barrington, Cuthill, Worley & Henderson, 2006). The prevention and treatment of muscle weakness and bone fragility are critical areas of research in children with cerebral palsy.
Tanni Grey Thompson (1969-) Disability: Spina Bifida and physically challenged. She is the greatest retired disabled sport star of all time. Using her wheelchair all her life, she won 16 medals at the Para Olympics, and 11 medals were gold.
This disability people get it when there born at birth, but it also damages the brain which its hard for people who has this because it can be associated with speech and visual. An example would be a friend of mine who has cerebral palsy and he has his own business about his disability and goes around to different school to talk about his life and his disability with cerebral palsy. However one thing that he said and got stuck with me was that no matter how old, strong, height or which disability you have, you can accomplish anything in life if you work hard for it and that you believe in your self on what you want to accomplish in