The term “cerebral palsy” combines a group of syndromes resulting from underdevelopment or brain damage (often combined with spinal cord injury in the cervical spine) during the prenatal, intranatal and early postnatal periods.
The brain damage is manifested in muscle tone and coordination disorders, an inability to maintain stable and execute voluntary movements. Motor impairments are often combined with sensitive disorders, speech and mental development disorders, and convulsions.
Causes of cerebral palsy development:
Children’s cerebral palsy is not a hereditary disease. CP is an improgressive condition.
Risk factors of cerebral palsy development:
Prenatal disorders
- infections (cytomegalovirus, toxoplasma, herpes simplex virus (type 1), HIV);
- pregnancy failure: third trimester bleeding; alcohol and drugs consumption; hydramnion or hypamnion; intrauterine growth retardation; impregnates diseases (epilepsy, oligophrenia, hyperthyroidism, toxicosis); impregnates’ tender years, cervix incomplete.
Perinatal disorders
- during delivery: massive prolonged bleeding, presentation or placental abruption, preterm rupture of membranes, meconium foreign matter in delivery waters, loop of cord, impaired heart rate, acidosis, breech presentation, premature birth;
- after delivery: asphyxia, newborn spasms, apnoea, newborn hepatitis, infections, Apgar score less than 5 on the 5th minute of living.
Classification of cerebral palsy forms based on the CNS affected areas:
- Spastic tetraplegia;
- Spastic diplegia;
- Hemiparetic form;
- Hyperkinetic form;
- Ataxic form.
Certainly, the parents of children suffering from cerebral palsy have a great responsibility for their health and future. They should understand the disease essences, causes of its occurrence, and helping measures to their child – ways of cerebral palsy treatment.
Cerebral palsy is a verdict by no means; it is the diagnosis, against the negative consequences of which is necessary to fight – and never give up.
Of course, the treatment of cerebral palsy is a long-lasting process, since recovery and rehabilitation require long and regular effects; and the sooner an intensive treatment complex starts, the sooner a positive result will be achieved.
Cerebral palsy treatment
In “Bersenev’s Medical Centre» we apply metameric treatment method, which allows to withdraw the cerebral palsy from the category of hopeless diseases. Specialists of our clinic have developed the unique complex of therapeutic interventions in a certain sequence and combination providing a positive cerebral palsy treatment.
Thus, thanks to the doctor and parents joint work there exist a real opportunity to cope with this disease. The child’s cerebral palsy treatment method is confirmed by many Dr. Bersenev’s patents and 40 years work experience. Hundreds of children were given the opportunity to take full advantage of life, attend school; their motion activity and mental development were significantly improved. Metameric cerebral palsy treatment is effectively combined with a number of additional procedures used in our clinic. Here you can consult the rehabilitation therapist and make a Turbocast orthosis by medical prescription; you can also make an appointment with a speech therapist and undergo a course of speech apparatus logopedic massage.
To make an appointment for a consultation or cerebral palsy treatment session, please, call (044) 272-11-82 (children’s department) or (044) 238-22-31 (call centre). The booking is carried out by previous appointment.
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