Showing posts with label Cerebral palsy patient. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cerebral palsy patient. Show all posts

Treatment for Cerebral Palsy- What Treatment Work Best for CP?

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Looking for Treatment for Cerebral Palsy? Cerebral Palsy (CP) is a neurological disorder, associated with loss of body movement and hampering of the muscle coordination. CP mostly affects children at their infancy but some may acquire later during first 3-5 years of child’s age due to a variety of reasons, such as oxygen deprivation at birth, high blood pressure of a mother during pregnancy, faulty labour etc. CP is often associated with abnormal brain development or damage to some parts of the brain and the symptoms of it are quite evident as children with a severe form of cerebral palsy are born with the disease. Experts believe that early detection of CP can help in early diagnosis for a better outcome.




SYMPTOMS:

  • Choking, Difficulty swallowing
  • Difficulty in grasping objects
  • Fatigue
  • Inability to focus on objects
  • Inability to speak, hear and chew
  • Pain
  • Abnormal muscle tone
  • Lack of protective reflexes, abnormal posture reflexes
DIAGNOSIS

  1. Brain scans: Brain-imaging technologies can reveal areas of damage or abnormal development in the brain. These tests may include the following:  MRI & Ultrasound              

  1. Electroencephalogram (EEG):  To determine if he or she has epilepsy, which often occurs in people with cerebral palsy.
  2. Laboratory tests: They help in screening for genetic or metabolic problems.
  3. Additional tests: For confirmation of cerebral palsy in a child some other conditions associated with CP are also assessed. These tests may identify:
  • Vision impairment and hearing impairment
  • Speech delays or impairments
  • Intellectual disabilities
  • Other developmental delays
  • Movement disorders
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Early treatment can minimize the effects of Cerebral Palsy

Thursday, December 8, 2016

Cerebral palsy is a complex condition, where there is no straightforward treatment, which is because each individual is affected differently. CP is often associated with abnormal brain development or damage to some parts of the brain may be due to poor oxygen supply or internal bleeding. However, the brain injury that causes CP cannot be cured; the resulting physical impairment can be managed.  Even though there is no common truce developed for treating CP spectrum, a person’s form of cerebral palsy, extent of impairment, and severity level help to determine care.A wide range of treatments and therapies are coming up as a promise to treat CP thoroughly where Stem cell research is potentially showing successful results. Stem Cell therapy is being performed to determine whether damaged brain cells can be fixed or replaced.Additionally, it is said that “Prevention is better than cure” means avoiding risk factors before conception, during pregnancy, during labor and delivery, which primarily helps a child from developing cerebral palsy.Cerebral palsy is not a progressive disease, which means relieve for any future damage. Although the exact symptoms can change over a person’s lifetime, treatment and therapies can improve the lives to a great extent. It is advised to get a therapy as soon diagnosis proves the condition.Common treatments to CP are medicines, surgery, braces, and physical, occupational, and therapy, while there is no single treatment is best one for all children. Conventionally only supportive treatments were present to temporarily relieve the pain or the symptoms, additionally there are many support services available for the effective management of some activities and programs such as day care services or nursing programs. Although the damage in terms of death of neurons cannot be halted or reversed with this treatment approach till the discovery of stems cells. Apart from tendency to give rise to healthy neurons; these stem cells also has a unique ability to identify and home in the affected area. These cells are also responsible for creation of microenvironment and secretion of hormones for faster rejuvenation. The stem cell therapy approach mainly focuses on delivering the sufficient number of Adult Autologous Stem Cells which will travel into multiple areas of the brain where the damage has occurred.
Advancells is one of the leading medical company have been providing assistance to many children for coping up with the problems and to find out permanent solution. Their top priority is to provide very comprehensive, individualized treatment pattern which is best suited for the patients undergoing treatment.

The Cerebral Palsy Kid

Saturday, February 20, 2016

Dear Sir, It is not for the first time that we have heard about your reputation, a kind of noble work you and your team is doing and may be that is the reason why we saw you in your office.  We were completely prepared before meeting you by article researching, stalking cerebral palsy groups on Facebook, etc.
Almost five years ago, my son came into this world without much notice. I had a sudden placental abruption and my son was born with the severe cerebral palsy at 32 weeks.  During delivery, he lost oxygen; you may call it incompetent care or his destiny!  However being a fighter he survived and now turned 5 years old. There were many ups and downs in our life since past five years with various unexpected turns but we try to stay strong in every odd situation. Being the parents of the dependable child; we were very vulnerable when we met you.
After a lot of research on stem cell treatment and with a dicey mindset, I had just asked you one single question, “Whether my child will able to live a normal life? Can I ever see him walking?”   You looked down and said, “so far the technology is not so advanced that it can actually reverse the damage; however we can sincerely try to halt the disease progression at this stage and he would be able to achieve small milestones!”  Even though, your answer was not so encouraging, I could feel that you were emotionally upset at that time and your heart was paining. That was the time when I knew you are the one. I know at least you understand the pain, the emotional stress we are going through. You assured us, that everything will be ok.  If this would have been the case of 80’s, the life expectancy of my son would not be more than 20 years but now with the advancement of the technology, I can see him more, may be till his late 40’s. This is specifically because of people like you!
All the doctors and consultants, we visited were against stem cell treatment for his palsy.  We were been informed that the treatment cannot do anything extraordinary and our child would not be able to do anything! Against all odds, we decided to go for the treatment with you. Since the time we enrolled for the treatment till the time my child was discharged from the hospital, all went very smoothly. It’s almost 6 weeks after his treatment, we have now well settled with our daily routine at home without any stoppage. We have a huge to-do list for the stretches to be followed twice daily. We have appointed a fitness trainer coming to our house daily and assisting my child in his routine physical workouts. All his hard work is contributing to the improvement. He is getting stronger and happier day by day! He is enjoying his routine now. He is not showing any attitude to me. Today, I saw him literally running with his walker, which is just close to the miracle. I have never seen that in years!
I wish more and more research would get on the board for the advancement of this technology and I request other parents as well who want to go ahead with the stem cells treatments, please don’t be scared of it!

When we were kids, we had always imagined superheroes in big muscles and odd clothes but today as an adult and after facing the fact of life, I can say that the superheroes are just like you! Thanks for everything!!!!!!!!!