Cerebral Palsy | All about Cerebral Palsy

A group of disorders that hinder movement control can be best used to describe cerebral palsy. It is normally caused by brain injury shortly after birth, around the time of birth or during pregnancy. The damage to the brain may be caused by a number of factors depending on the mothers and childs health history, onset and type. The condition is either acquired at birth or congenital (present at birth).

It can result from a variety of conditions:

Speech

In a similar way the patients have problems controlling their legs and arms, they also have problems controlling breath flow, jaw, lips, mouth and tongue. The might have problems with speech as a result. Dysarthria is the most common speech problem. It is a condition that causes speech to be slurred and slow, in some cases, hypo nasal (not enough air flowing through the nose) and hyper nasal (too much air flowing through the nose).

Drooling

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Cerebral Palsy | All about Cerebral Palsy