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Understanding Cerebral Palsy  Cerebral Palsy is a group of disorders that affect a persons' ability to move and maintain balance and posture. "Cerebral" refers to the brain and "palsy" refers to the muscle weakness and poor control. Cerebral Palsy or CP is an umbrella like term which describes a group of chronic disorders impairing control of movement in first few years of life which generally do no worsen over the time. These disorders are caused by faulty development or damage to motor areas of brain disrupting the brain's ability to control posture and movement. CP occurs in about 1 in 500 live births with only 60% of them having an identifiable cause. Causes of CP: The causes are braodly divided into 3 categories namely 1) Pre-natal 2) Peri-natal 3) Post-natal along with other associated maternal risk factors like maternal toxemia,hypothyroidism, etc. Classification of CP  CP is a disorder which can be classified according to the site, lesi...

Crebral Palsy Info (image: worldcpday.org) सेरेब्रल पाल्सी अथवा प्रामस्तिष्क  घात मुख्यतः मस्तिष्क पर किसी प्रकार की चोट अथवा असामान्य विकार की वजह से शिशुओ मे होती है . यह एक नॉन प्रोग्रेसिव डिसॉर्डर है जिसमे मस्तिष्क का जो भाग शतिग्रस्त हुआ है वह समय के साथ वैसा हे रहता है एवम आगे उसका षरन नही होता है. भारत मे एक हज़ार लाईव बर्थ मे से ३ % शिशुओ मे CP होता है और संपूर्ण भारत मे २५ लाख से ज़्यादा CP मामले वर्तमान समय मे है. 🔔 DYK: There are 17 million people across the world living with Cerebral Palsy with around 350 million people, who are closely connected to a child or adult with CP. It is the most common physical disability in childhood. CP is a permanent disability that affects movement. Its impact can range from a weakness in one hand, to almost a complete lack of voluntary movement. It is a complex disability in which -  Motor Skills/Manual Activity in CP (pic- TheRoyalChildren'sHosp) 1 in 4 children with CP cannot talk 🗣️ 1 in 4 cannot walk 👨‍🦽👩‍🦽 1 in 2 have an ...