Causes of Cerebral Palsy
Different Causes of Cerebral Palsy
Modern science can not explain most incidents of cerebral palsy, the statistic approaches 80% where we do not know what caused it. Where we can decipher a cause, the explanation can often be traced to either trauma, metabolic disorders, infection, and the kind which occurs during labor and delivery. Actually only about 5-10% of cases of cerebral palsy occur during labor and delivery and obviously not all of these are a physician’s or hospital’s fault. Only a select few are caused by medical negligence.
The different causes of cerebral palsy that affect various parts of the body obviously affect the brain, and so weather it is due to infection, or trauma or lack of oxygen, or an unknown cause, they each affect a different part of the brain and that is what leads to the cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy can manifest in different ways and you may not know it until the child is older. That is the effects of cerebral palsy are present when the child is born, but as the child gets older and the voluntary movements come out, that is when you realize the full extent of the cerebral palsy. If an infection is the cause, it may be one sided versus the other side of the brain. If it was caused due to a lack of oxygen, it usually affects the total brain and will affect the upper and lower extremities.
