If there is one mystery that has perplexed medical scientists’ world over and remains unsolved till date, it is Cerebral Palsy. Years of research and experiments have failed to bring out the exact causes of Cerebral Palsy. Divergent theories have been propounded and some of the causes have been discovered. They include asphyxia, hypoxia of brain, premature birth, hematomas, and placenta abruption. Yet more than eighty percent of the causes remain undiscovered.
Continuous work on cerebral set Palsy Diagnosis has now brought to light that signs of CP are not detected at birth ordinarily. Till the 18 month of their life, children pass through a predictable set of human developments. However, the motor impairments they suffer from, gradually brings out the symptoms of CP after that. Though babies with severe cases of CP are diagnosed quickly, other cases where the attack is not so severe, takes a comparatively longer time for detection.
Though there can be no single specified diagnostic for CP, one of the potent reasons for a child attacked by the dreaded disease is birth injury, which the child might have suffered. The Apgar score measures a baby’s condition immediately after the birth and those having lower Apgar scores run enhanced risk of CP. Such injuries could be scarring of brain, areas of dead tissue or intra-cerebral hemorrhage or blood clot suffered by the child during birth.
A little extra caution on the part of the treating physician and nurse as well as the expectant mother could considerably reduce the chances of the child suffering from CP.
