Cerebral Palsy Clinic

What is Cerebral Palsy?

Cerebral Palsy is the result of brain damage of a child. It can be brain injury or abnormal development of the brain that can occur before birth, during birth or immediately after birth.

A child with CP will show signs of physical impairment that varies from mild to severe. it can affect arms, legs, face, one limb, or entire body. 3 children out of 1000 suffer from Cerebral Palsy in India. They can have multiple disabilities. Hence need attention of a team of professionals to deal with their specific needs.

Some factors that cause cerebral palsy:

• Premature birth earlier than 37 weeks.
• Prolonged oxygen loss during the pregnancy or during birth process.
• Low birth weight.
• Multiple births, as this increases the chances of both prematurity and low birth weight.
• Male have higher chance of getting affected
• Severe jaundice shortly after birth.
• Blood clotting problems.
• Placenta's failure to supply nourishment and oxygen to a growing foetus.
• Incompatibility of the mother's and the child's blood types.
• Early infection of the mother with the German measles or another virus during pregnancy.
• Bacterial infection in the mother, foetus, or newborn that affects the child's central nervous system.

Types of Cerebral Palsy

SPASTIC CEREBRAL PALSY

Up to 80% of patients with cerebral palsy have the most prevalent kind, which is spastic. Muscles of this kind seem rigid and tight. This is the outcome of motor cortex injury.

DYSKINETIC CEREBRAL PALSY

The term "athetoid cerebral palsy" also applies to dyskinetic cerebral palsy. 6% of CP sufferers experience it. Involuntary motions are what this kind is known for. The basal ganglia have been harmed, leading to this.

ATAXIC CEREBRAL PALSY

6% of patients with CP have ataxic cerebral palsy. This kind impacts a person's equilibrium and perception of where they are in space because of their jerky motions. This is the outcome of cerebellar injury.

MIXED CEREBRAL PALSY

Mixed cerebral palsy means that someone's brain is injured in more than one location and they will experience symptoms from multiple types of CP.

Treatment of Cerebral Palsy at Margdarsi

Despite the widespread belief that CP is incurable; Margdarsi has demonstrated how it might have negative impacts by developing all of the functional skills.

Children affected by Cerebral Palsy are treated here with comprehensive rehabilitation that includes:

• Physiotherapy,
• Speech- Language Therapy,
• Orthosis and assistive devices,
• Behaviour Modification,
• Occupational Therapy,
• Special Education,
• Social Integration,
• Recreational Therapies (Art Therapy, Craft Therapy and Play Therapy, Hydrotherapy) and much more for a Holistic care.
• The early intervention and multi-modal therapy can help children to get near normal life.
• A team of professionals help the child and family for functional independence. Children with any form of disability can look forward to a life in normal school after being discharged.