Primarily, Cerebral Palsy was called “Little disease” because the first medical description of this disorder was written by an English surgeon, William John Little (1810-1894) in late 1830s. Little described it as a brain injury, caused by asphyxia (Oxygen deficiency). He approached that this incidence happened during complicated processes of delivery that suffocated the child, and the child couldn’t get enough oxygen. The lack of oxygen damage the nervous system of the brain and cause spastic muscles and sometimes paralytic condition. Little further introduced that the disorder (CP) effected children in their first year of life, causing more stiffness in legs’ muscles and lesser in arms’ muscles. According to the Little a child with this disorder (CP) had a difficulty in grabbing stuff, crawling, walking, and sometimes no movement. He also
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The absence of the oxygen result as brain damage and cause the Cerebral Palsy. The measures that lead to asphyxia are involved umbilical cord problems, such as an umbilical cord wrap around the neonate’s neck and cause chocking. Moreover, excessive bleeding during pregnancy or birth time.
Prematurity: The incidence of CP increases in gestational age, babies who born less than 37 weeks have the risk of developmental problems including CP. However, the babies who born in very early term and have low weight, for example less than 28 weeks have the higher rick of Cerebral Palsy.
Brain Trauma: Brian trauma usually happen during the delivery when doctors use medical devices, such as forceps and vacuum extractors, however it lead to the risk of CP. For instance, doctors use forceps to grip the baby’s head in order to make the delivery easy, sometimes forceps are gripped too tightly that cause a severe brain injury. Same happen using the vacuum extractors that put a lot of compression on the baby’s head during suction and cause brain
The absence of the oxygen result as brain damage and cause the Cerebral Palsy. The measures that lead to asphyxia are involved umbilical cord problems, such as an umbilical cord wrap around the neonate’s neck and cause chocking. Moreover, excessive bleeding during pregnancy or birth time.
Prematurity: The incidence of CP increases in gestational age, babies who born less than 37 weeks have the risk of developmental problems including CP. However, the babies who born in very early term and have low weight, for example less than 28 weeks have the higher rick of Cerebral Palsy.
Brain Trauma: Brian trauma usually happen during the delivery when doctors use medical devices, such as forceps and vacuum extractors, however it lead to the risk of CP. For instance, doctors use forceps to grip the baby’s head in order to make the delivery easy, sometimes forceps are gripped too tightly that cause a severe brain injury. Same happen using the vacuum extractors that put a lot of compression on the baby’s head during suction and cause brain