Types Of Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral
Palsy is a sickness occurring due to several
continual conditions. Cerebral palsy has a direct
impact on the muscular firmness, movement and
co-ordination in the human body. The most credible
reason of cerebral palsy is injuries to one
or more parts of the human brain. These wounds
in the brain are normally induced in new born
infants, during or after birth. The damage to
the brain thus forbids the infant to control
muscular movements.
Cerebral Palsy
can occur in the following stages
- When the child is in the womb
- At some stage in birth
- The first few months of child after birth
There are different types of cerebral palsy,
which are mostly classified according to the
muscular disorders in the body. Some of the
major and known types of cerebral palsy includes:
Spastic Cerebral
Palsy
The most common occurrence of muscular disorder
in infants is referred to as Spastic cerebral
palsy. It has been observed and confirmed that
eight out of every ten infants suffering from
cerebral palsy have “spastic palsy”.
In this type of Cerebral Palsy, the child develops
tight muscular groups due to the damage in the
brain. The muscular tightness prevents the child
from moving properly. The child suffering from
spastic cerebral palsy also does not have the
muscular ability to lift objects, and such infants
cannot perform general physical activities.
Athetoid Cerebral
Palsy
This is a rare type of cerebral palsy, occurring
in ten percent of cerebral patients. This type
is caused by brain-damage to the particular
areas of the mind, namely the cerebellum or
basal ganglia. These parts of the human brain
help the human body to maintain a firm posture
and enable the human body to carry out muscular
functions. They are also responsible for generating
signals in the human body that enable a person
to talk, feed and do many other activities that
require the movement of muscles. Infants suffering
from cerebral palsy develop muscular abnormality
and this condition may also affect proper movement
and resting ability of a child.
Ataxic Cerebral Palsy
This refers to muscular contractions and inability
of the muscles to properly support the human
body during physical movement. This type of
cerebral palsy occurs in 5 percent patients
that are diagnosed and have cerebral palsy.
The children suffering from ataxic cerebral
palsy have the inability to walk steadily and
also suffer from continuing instability and
abnormality of the muscular parts of the body.
Mixed Cerebral Palsy
This type of cerebral palsy occurs when damage
is caused to those parts of the brain, which
invoke more than one type of cerebral palsy
sickness. This refers to an infant having mixed
cerebral palsy, in which a person may have two
or more conditions of cerebral palsy. The most
common type of mixed cerebral palsy occurring
in children includes the combination of both
Spastic and Athetoid cerebral palsy. |
