Cerebral Palsy

Cerebral palsy is the name given to a group of neurological disorders present at birth or appearing during the first three years of life. These disorders have in common, namely that the brain lesions that are causing no worse over the years. They also cause all to some extent of damage to motor brain, disrupting the coordination and muscle strength.

In general, cerebral palsy affects a newborn on 500 and a newborn in 1 000, some of them are however only slightly disabled. It is the premature and newborn babies whose weight is insufficient are most at risk, the risk is 100 times higher in infants whose birth weight is less than 1.6 kilograms (3.5 pounds) that in babies whose weight is normal. In recent years, the number of new cases of cerebral palsy has actually increased slightly, mainly because of improved intensive care allows survival of more premature babies, but also because the salaries of the infertility resulting in an increase in multiple pregnancies during which the probability of giving birth to a baby with cerebral palsy is higher.

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