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Cerebral Palsy Diagnosis

This article will take a beginners look at this interesting subject. It will give you the information that you need to know most.
Be origin cerebral palsy is not one diagnosis but instead contains a spectrum of disorders with a category of tangible findings, inebriations and origins, it is not surprising that a precise diagnosis [...]

Cerebral Palsy Lawsuits

Cerebral palsy is a birth injury which is almost always preventable. It is caused by brain injury to a baby during pregnancy, childbirth, or shortly after birth, which affects muscle control and can cause learning disabilities. With proper medical care and therapy, some children with cerebral palsy can lead fairly normal lives, but most children [...]

Erb’s Palsy Lawsuits - An Overview

Currently, there are more Cerebral Palsy lawsuits in courts across America and in Europe than there are cases of Erb’s palsy, but some of the most recent successful birth injury cases have been coming from Erb’s Palsy litigation in which a child’s brachial paralysis, or arm paralysis, was preventable and the negligence of a physician [...]

Birth Injuries Tragic Form of Malpractice

Medical malpractice occurs when a physician or some other healthcare provider fails to act reasonably under the circumstances, and the unreasonable conduct results in harm. When a medical practitioner’s conduct hurts an infant, the malpractice is especially tragic.

While most of the 2.7% of births that result in a birth injury in the United States [...]

Hypotonia-Causes, Signs and Treatment

Hypotonia is more a description than a diagnosis. It is most often seen in newborns (congenital) and infants, but it may persist through adolescence into adulthood. Another name for infantile hypotonia is “floppy baby syndrome.” This refers to the tendency of a hypotonic infant’s arms, legs, and head to “flop,” or dangle loosely, when they [...]

Educational Supports for Mixed Cerebral Palsy Children

There are mixed forms of Cerebral Palsy. There are even some patients that commonly have mixed Cerebral Palsy. The most common is a combination of spasticity and athetoid, but there are also other combinations.
Under mixed Cerebral Palsy, both voluntary movement and muscle tone are affected. Mixed Cerebral Palsy is somewhat complicated than the regular [...]

Knowing the Signs and Symptoms of Cerebral Palsy

As a parent, you constantly worry about your child’s well being, you want to keep them free from diseases and also keep them away from accidents as much as possible. You worry about them every single day. You worry when you’re at work, you worry when they’re at school, and you worry about them [...]

CEREBRAL PALSY – what we should know about it?

Have you seen someone that has a contorted body and is unable to control their posture and movement? Someone who has difficulties with their speech, have a learning disability or other related illnesses caused by cerebral palsy? To some people, they don’t even know the meaning of cerebral palsy. But actually, it is a [...]

Discovering the Facts About Athetoid Cerebral Palsy

There are different types of Cerebral Palsy affecting several people. Cerebral palsy occurs during the early stages of birth and a few months afterbirth. In fact, early detection of cerebral palsy in infants can be noticed. Cerebral palsy is not caused by problems in the muscles or nerves but due to damage to motor [...]

Living With an Ataxic Cerebral Palsy-Person

There are four types of cerebral palsy, and ataxic cerebral palsy is one of them. A person who has ataxic cerebral palsy has low muscle tone and their movements have poor coordination. They usually appear shaky and unsteady.
This type of cerebral palsy is quite rare in form as it affects depth perception and the [...]