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Cerebral Palsy- History of the Deadly Disorder.Cerebral Palsy is the most common childhood physical disability. It is a permanent physical condition that affects the movement. It describes a group of disorders of the development of the movement and posture, causing activity limitation and that are attributed to non-progressive disturbances that occurred in developing fetal or infant brain. The incident in developed countries is approximately 2.25 per 5thousand births. Cerebral palsy is a non progressive disorder. While severity varies widely, cerebral palsy ranks among the most costly congenital conditions
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History of cerebral palsy: -
Cerebral palsy, then known as cerebral paralysis, was first identified by British surgeon William Little in 1860. Research conducted during the 1980's by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) suggested that only a small number of cases of Cerebral Palsy are caused by lack of oxygen during birth. A scientist called Thomas Galton believed that there was consistency between physical disability and aptitude.
Most scholars acknowledge that ataxic, Athetoid, spastic, and mixed are the relevant forms of cerebral palsy; however, various conditions and subtypes may exist. Also, a common misnomer is that CP caused mental retardation when in fact; only individuals whose brain damage is associated with the hippocampus actually had these difficulties. While learning difficulties and CP may occur, it is common for individuals with CP to have normal lives when their lives are managed coherently and effectively. This means that if the individual can focus on scholastic achievement or improving social skills, rather than when they will get their next treatment, that individual is going to fare better than when the necessary assistive technology is not available.
More on cerebral palsy: -
Cerebral palsy is an "umbrella term" in that it refers to a group of different conditions. It has been suggested that no two people with CP are alike even if they have the same diagnosis. Cerebral palsy is divided into four major classifications to describe the different movement impairments. These classifications reflect the area of brain damaged. The four classifications are: (1) Spastic (2) Athetoid (3) Ataxic and (4) Mixed. Spastic cerebral palsy is further classified by topography, dependent on the region of the body affected. These typography classifications include: (1) hemiplegia in which one side is being more affected than the other (2) diplopia in which the lower body is being more affected than the upper body and (3) quadriplegia in which all four limbs are affected equally.
Cerebral palsy cannot transfer from one body to another. So people should look after these patients with affection and not hatred or sarcasm.
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