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Cerebral Palsy. By Sam Pappas and Troy Lennox. What is Cerebral Palsy?. Cerebral Palsy is a disease that affects…. Movement Muscle Tone Motor Skills. Causes. Cerebral Palsy is formed during pregnancy, during delivery, or shortly after. It is caused by damage to the brain.
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Cerebral Palsy By Sam Pappas and Troy Lennox
What is Cerebral Palsy? Cerebral Palsy is a disease that affects…. • Movement • Muscle Tone • Motor Skills
Causes • Cerebral Palsy is formed during pregnancy, during delivery, or shortly after • It is caused by damage to the brain
Types of Cerebral Palsy • Ataxic Cerebral Palsy • Mixed Cerebral Palsy • Spastic Cerebral Palsy • Athetoid Cerebral Palsy
Ataxic Cerebral Palsy • Ataxic Cerebral Palsy is caused by damage to the cerebellum • Symptoms of Ataxic include… • Poor balance • Coordination problems • Bad sense of depth coordination • This is the least common form of Cerebral Palsy
Mixed Cerebral Palsy • Mixed Cerebral Palsy is caused by the damage to the pyramidal and extra pyramidal parts of the brain • The symptoms are usually involved with movements u cannot control such as… • Drooling problems • Swallowing problems • Slurred speech • Mixed Cerebral Palsy is the second least common form of Cerebral Palsy
Athetoid Cerebral Palsy • Athetoid Cerebral Palsy is caused by damage to the cerebellum also • Symptoms of Athetoid include…. • Slurred speech • Drooling problems • Coordination problems • This is the second most common form of Cerebral Palsy • This type is very similar to Mixed Cerebral Palsy
Spastic Cerebral Palsy • Spastic Cerebral Palsy is the most common form of Cerebral Palsy • It is caused by damage to the brain’s motor cortex • Symptoms include… • Tight, weak muscles • Jerking motions
Treatment • There are two major types of treatment for Cerebral Palsy • Stem Cell Therapy • Physical Therapy
Stem Cell Therapy • Stem cell therapy requires no drugs or medications • 70% of people who use the Stem cell therapy show signs of improvement • This is an affective way to treat Cerebral Palsy
Physical Therapy • Physical therapy helps on improving… • Motor skills • Flexibility • Strength • Mobility • Function • This is another affective way to treat Cerebral Palsy
History Of Cerebral Palsy • In 1897, two doctors were studying Cerebral Palsy • Dr. Freud argued with Dr. Little about there results on the disease • Dr. Freud stated that because of other medical problems, it could’ve been caused before birth • He called these births “difficult births”
Latest Research • Researchers main goal is to treat and prevent the diagnosis of Cerebral Palsy • In order to prevent this disease, scientists look at the DNA pattern to find the problem • Scientists look for abnormal DNA patterns to find the problem
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