What Is A CP Injury?

CP injury is a type of developmental disorder caused by brain damage. This damage limits human activity as it affects both mobility and posture.

In Finland, about 100-120 children are diagnosed with CP injury every year. It is a common and highly disabling syndrome. In this article, we’ll talk more about CP injury and its different types.

What should I know about CP injury?

Brain damage leading to CP injury usually occurs during fetal development or during the first few years of life. Patients with CP injury also tend to have mental or intellectual disabilities. Indeed, this disease is commonly referred to by numerous developmental disabilities.

What is a CP injury?

A CP injury refers to a disorder that affects a person’s movement, balance, and posture. It usually appears during the first few years of life, as most often the damage that causes it occurs during pregnancy.

There are usually other difficulties with a CP injury. For example, walking and writing are difficult for people with this disease.

People with CP also often have additional illnesses and mental disorders. However, it all depends on the location and size of the brain damage.

Unfortunately, CP injury is a permanent illness. This is because brain damage and subsequent neurological damage is irreversible. Because most cases occur before the patient reaches the age of three, symptoms are often visible at a fairly early stage.

Symptoms

CP injury is usually noticeable in babies as they may have difficulty sitting, crawling and even smiling. This disease also changes muscles in different ways depending on the type of stroke.

However, the symptoms of this disease are not limited to movement. CP injury can also cause hearing problems or difficulty identifying and interpreting a feeling of touch (agnosia). It can also cause a lack of coordination, impaired concentration or dyskinesia.

Types of CP injury

There are different types of CP injury and they have different symptoms:

• Spastic CP injury : People with this type of CP injury have difficulty controlling their muscles, which tend to weaken. It also usually affects the hands and feet.
• Dyskinetic CP injury : This includes involuntary and slow movements that worsen with fatigue and strong emotions. It actually heals with rest and sleep. It is usually difficult to understand the speech of a person with such a CP injury.
• Ataxia : This type of CP injury affects the cerebellum, which is the dominant part of the brain.

• Miscellaneous CP Injury : This occurs when there is damage in different areas, causing different symptoms of the combination.

However, CP injury can also be classified according to the affected areas. Such classifications include:

• Hemiplegia
• Paraplegia
• Tetraplegia
• Monoplegia

Similarly, the disease is also classified according to its severity. It can therefore be mild, moderate or severe.

Care

As we have mentioned, this is a permanent disease. Unfortunately, there is no improvement. However, with certain treatments and health care, people with CP can improve their quality of life.

To enable this, patients must undergo a variety of therapies, including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy.

There are several different health centers for the best care. There are day centers, occupational therapy centers and other therapies mentioned above.

Researchers have identified certain causes that prevent CP injury. For example, it is necessary to prevent the baby’s head from being struck or damaged in any other way. You should wear safety equipment such as a helmet and appropriate baby car seats. It is also important to be very careful at home.

Another problem associated with the disease may be the mismatch of blood type between mother and fetus. However, your doctor should detect this problem in early pregnancy and give treatment to prevent its consequences. So make sure you get all the necessary prenatal checkups.

At the same time, the mother should also be vaccinated against rubella, as it may be related to the development of CP injury.

Summary

Ideally, you should keep your pregnancy as healthy as possible to prevent this disease from occurring. Any risk factor, such as smoking or alcohol consumption, can harm the fetus.

It is also essential to undergo all necessary tests and examinations during pregnancy. If problems occur later, you should see a doctor to assess your symptoms properly.