Category Archives: Cerebral Palsy Treatment

Mason Anderson is a happy, funny little guy with a smile that can melt your heart. The good-natured tots outgoing personality masks a tortuous four years that began Jan. 24, 2011 the day he was born. One of three triplets, Mason weighed less than three pounds and, like his sisters, Jaida and Whitney, he required ventilation to breathe and feeding tubes for nutrition. Three days into life, Mason suffered a brain hemorrhage that left the right side of his brain severely damaged. He developed hydrocephalus and required brain surgery twice. It would get worse before it would get better. When he was one, he was diagnosed with cerebral palsy (CP). Every day, in my mind, over and over again, I replay what the doctor said after his brain surgery: He told me he would never walk, he would never talk hed never be able to smile, recalled a tearful Carlene Anderson. I didnt believe it. She and her husband, Kevin, and her father have refused to accept that diagnosis. They have been steadfast in their belief Mason would defy the odds. And their dedication and perseverance have paid off. Today, Mason talks, smiles, can walk with a walker, attends preschool … Continue reading →

Ayurveda expertise and care for the treatment of various developmental disorders in children, mental retardation, cerebral palsy, autism, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) will be made available at major Ayurveda hospitals in the State, Health Minister V.S. Sivakumar has said. Steps will also be taken to strengthen the paediatric wing in Ayurveda hospitals, he added. He was inaugurating a scheme that provides Ayurveda treatment for developmental disorders in children, launched in the paediatric division of the Poojappura Ayurveda Hospital for Women and Children, under the Government Ayurveda College here on Thursday. The project is supported by the district panchayat. He also inaugurated a screening programme for identifying developmental disorders in children. A total of 103 children under ten years of age were screened and 60 were detected to be having cerebral palsy, 26 were diagnosed with autism, five children were found to be hyperactive, another five had Downs Syndrome, while seven children were found to be having mental retardation. Distrct panchayat president Ansajitha Russel presided over the function. Steps will be taken to strengthen paediatric wing in Ayurveda hospitals V.S. Sivakumar Health Minister Steps will be taken to strengthen the paediatric wing in Ayurveda hospitals, says Health Minister. Please … Continue reading →

Erythromycin is an antibiotic given for urinary and chest infections Is prescribed during recurrent illness or for people allergic to penicillin Researchers called for a safety review but stressed increased risk is small Overall, study found antibiotics taken during pregnancy were safe By Fiona Macrae, Daily Mail Science Correspondent Published: 13:15 EST, 25 March 2015 | Updated: 07:02 EST, 26 March 2015 90 shares 39 View comments Pregnant women have been warned that a type of antibiotic could harm their unborn baby. Researchers from Great Ormond Street Hospital and University College London have linked erythromycin pills with epilepsy and cerebral palsy. The study tracked the health of babies born to 200,000 British women. Overall, the babies born to women who took antibiotics were no more likely to develop epilepsy or cerebral palsy. Woman have been warned the common antibiotic erythromycin could harm their unborn baby (file photo) Read this article: Antibiotic Erythromycin taken in pregnancy linked to cerebral palsy and epilepsy … Continue reading →

BELLE FOURCHE Sundays Team James fundraiser for 3-year-old James Habeck of Belle Fourche was a success. There was a huge outpouring from the community, with 300-400 people in attendance, event coordinator Danielle Butler said. The fundraiser, held at the Belle Fourche Moose Lodge, raised money to help the Habecks travel to Panama to treat James cerebral palsy. A successful treatment outcome will revive parts of his brain with new cell life from an umbilical cord stem cell procedure that is not offered in the United States. The procedure has a reported 70 to 80 percent success rate. The Habecks needed $20,000 for James treatment and traveling expenses. When she found out enough money had been raised to support the trip, Melissa Habeck, James mother said, I just cant believe that it is even possible. Im so thankful! How do you even thank people for doing that for your child? Scott Jones, chief of police for the Belle Fourche Police Department, and Belle Fourche Volunteer Fire Department Chief Kip Marshall, donated time and their bodies to help raise funds. A dollar bought a piece of tape to tape them to a wall. Eventually there was enough tape purchased to suspend them … Continue reading →

The parents of a tragic tot who has up to 80 fits a day are desperately trying to raise funds so they can take her to America for treatment. Little Dakota Roberts who did not breathe for the first seven-and-a-half minutes of her life, was born with meningitis before being diagnosed with cerebral palsy and West syndrome. Her condition, which means she is not expected to live past five, is suffered by only one in 250,000 people, Wales Online reported. Her battling parents Amy Trow and Daniel Roberts are desperate to raise the 200,000 they need for her treatment. Amy, 22, said: On a normal day she might have ten fits but other days I lose count. She will just go on her back and shake. Its awful to see and it is upsetting. But I have to man up and be there for Dakota. It usually lasts for about 20 minutes but they can go on for hours. If she does not come out after 20 minutes I have to give her medicine. She cannot walk or talk or eat. She has to feed through a tube in her tummy." The mum-of-one from Wrexham, Wales, said Dakota remains cheerful … Continue reading →

A MUM whose baby suffered brain damage during birth is in line for a 5million payout following a 16-year legal battle. Nadine Montgomery claimed she was not warned of all of the risks connected to her diabetes when she gave birth to son Sam in Bellshill Maternity Hospital, Lanarkshire, in October 1999. She launched legal action after Sams shoulder got stuck during birth and he had to be resuscitated. His brain was deprived of oxygen, leading to cerebral palsy - a lifelong condition that affects movement and co-ordination. Nadine, 40, previously lost her case in the Court of Session in Edinburgh and saw her appeal thrown out. But a landmark ruling from the highest court in the UK yesterday found the mum is entitled to a 5.25million settlement from Lanarkshire Health Board. The mum said the Supreme Court ruling means Sam can have the best care for his condition. She said: This judgment is an enormous relief after a very long legal fight. I believe that I had the right to know of all the risks surrounding Sams birth and I am pleased the Supreme Court has recognised that. I hope this means that other patients will not have to … Continue reading →

A MUM whose baby suffered brain damage during birth is in line for a 5million payout following a 16-year legal battle. Nadine Montgomery claimed she was not warned of all of the risks connected to her diabetes when she gave birth to son Sam in Bellshill Maternity Hospital, Lanarkshire, in October 1999. She launched legal action after Sams shoulder got stuck during birth and he had to be resuscitated. His brain was deprived of oxygen, leading to cerebral palsy - a lifelong condition that affects movement and co-ordination. Nadine, 40, previously lost her case in the Court of Session in Edinburgh and saw her appeal thrown out. But a landmark ruling from the highest court in the UK yesterday found the mum is entitled to a 5.25million settlement from Lanarkshire Health Board. The mum said the Supreme Court ruling means Sam can have the best care for his condition. She said: This judgment is an enormous relief after a very long legal fight. I believe that I had the right to know of all the risks surrounding Sams birth and I am pleased the Supreme Court has recognised that. I hope this means that other patients will not have to … Continue reading →

New link found: Professor Alastair MacLennan and patient Matthew Reinertsen, who has cerebral palsy. Australian researchers have proved cerebral palsy can be genetic, a finding with significant implications for the diagnosis, management and treatment of the debilitating condition which affects movement and posture. Long thought to be caused by a lack of oxygen during pregnancy or at birth, cerebral palsy is caused by genetic mutations in at least 14 per cent of case, Adelaide University researchers have found. However head of the cerebral palsy research group at Adelaide University's Robinson Research Institute Alastair MacLennan said it could be just the start, with up to half of cases potentially caused by genetic mutations. The team, including researchers from America and the Netherlands, mapped the DNA of hundreds of Australian cerebral palsy families, looking for common genetic features. Advertisement Almost 100 gene mutations were found and some were transplanted into zebrafish, which Professor MacLennan said promptly lost control of their tail. "When we put the good gene back in, we recovered the movement of the fish," Professor MacLennan said. However he stressed that for humans, the implications of the study remained limited to cerebral palsy prevention - rather than curing the condition … Continue reading →

The name is really a general term for a number of neurological conditions that affect movement and co-ordination, rather than just one disorder. No two people with cerebral palsy will be affected in the same way, according to disability charity Scope. Problems in parts of the brain used to control muscles can lead to the condition. This may be a result of the brain being permanently damaged before, during or shortly after birth or due to the brain later developing abnormally. Studies show around one in 10 cases of cerebral palsy are caused by a severe lack of oxygen reaching the childs brain during labour. In some cases clinical negligence is to blame, usually relating to a failure to deliver a baby quickly enough when there are signs of stress. There is also some risk of medical errors after birth leading to cerebral palsy. These include failure to diagnose and treat jaundice, failure to diagnose and treat low blood sugar and delays in diagnosing and treating meningitis. Health workers should know that the risk of cerebral palsy is higher in certain children, such as those born prematurely, babies of low birth weight and twins or multiple births. Babies with such … Continue reading →

Kick starting a process that might repair the damage done in cerebral palsy and multiple sclerosis could begin with disabling a driver that helps block regeneration, said Baylor College of Medicine researchers in a report that appears in the journal Neuron. When an infant is deprived of oxygen during or shortly after birth, the brain's white matter -- home to the myelin-making oligodendrocytes -- is damaged. Without myelin, the messages between nerve cells are interrupted or slowed. Similarly, the myelin sheath that covers nerves degenerates in multiple sclerosis, again interrupting the message that travels from neuron to neuron. Cerebral palsy is increasing in recent years, with approximately 12,000 cases diagnosed annually. As more infants' lives are saved at earlier stages in the development, the risk of damage from lack of oxygen to the white matter of the brain increases. That kind of injury is the cause of cerebral palsy. "Yet, those lesions in the white matter are populated by oligodendrocyte progenitors sitting in suspended animation," said Dr. Benjamin Deneen, associate professor in the Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Center at Baylor and the Center for Cell and Gene Therapy at Baylor, Texas Children's Hospital and Houston Methodist Hospital and corresponding … Continue reading →