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Beware of "Cerebral Palsy"!

cpCerebral palsy (CP) is a motoric system disorder resulting from damage in the brain. This condition can occur since the fetus in the womb, or when the baby is born. CP is not easy to accurately diagnose early. Therefore, parents should always observe the child’s development.

If the abnormalities identified, parents should get their baby checked by the physician. The sign may be a baby limp, like a bow shape legs, could not hold his head after a few months old, and others.

Until now the exact causes of CP could not be known. However, some things can be a risk factor for the occurrence of CP. Abnormalities of the nerves forming the fetal head, the fetus is infected, take random drug during pregnancy, for example.

Birth process is not perfect, for example infants deprived of oxygen, divakum, and babies born with low weight, and babies with high bilirubin (yellow baby), can also cause CP. Still, he added, many cases of yellow babies that are not associated with CP problem.

CP can be detected since the early days of the developing baby grows, for example by observing the symptoms or function of reflexes. Normally, 3-4 month-old baby will reach his toys, at the age of 5 months will welcome hand up when the going was appointed, aged 6-7 months was able to sit, and 10-14 months of age usually start to walk. Infants with the disorder do not have CP reflex function was.

Never Ignored
If can be diagnosed at the early stage, quality of life of children can be maximized. If the CP condition was not severe, the child can return to normal. Regular prenatal care, early to late delivery, can also prevent CP.
Disorders of pregnancy such as vomiting, great, let alone to cause dehydration in the mother, should not be ignored. Food consumption during pregnancy should also be kept well, so do not experience toxicity. Secondly it could be a trigger factor CP.

CP disorders include several types, namely paralysis that occurs in both feet and hands (quad), paralysis on both legs is more severe than that experienced by both hands (diplegia), only affected at one side of body and paralysis heavier hand than the foot (hemiplegia), paralysis in both hands and one foot (triplegia), and only one of paralysis, usually on the hands (monoplegia).

Classification of CP can also be divided into types of movement disorders that occur, the spastic (muscle cramps and stiff), athetoid (uncontrolled body movements) and ataxic (balance a mess), so if walking would totter.

Parents Role
Based on these types of disorders, can be expected whatever capacity possible future child. For example, if the child is able to walk alone or requires tools, can she get up without help from others, could he use his hands well, and so on.

While many therapies are available to maximize the CP child’s quality of life, call it occupational therapy, physiotherapy, and others. The role of parents is very clear in this case because the exercise (therapy) should be done also for the home.

Each parent must expect the best for her baby, though she suffered from CP. To achieve that requires tireless effort, optimism, and being realistic.

Nothing wrong with imitating the attitude of Christy Brown’s mother (true story made into a movie My Left Foot, starring Daniel Day-Lewis). He is convinced that her son that suffering CP since birth has other greatness. They tried hard, and with his left foot Christy capable of producing a number of paintings, poetry, and autobiography. He also became a famous Irish artist.

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