{"id":77,"date":"2013-06-06T10:00:50","date_gmt":"2013-06-06T16:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chicagobirthinjurylawyersblog.com\/?p=77"},"modified":"2016-09-05T11:34:45","modified_gmt":"2016-09-05T16:34:45","slug":"no-certainty-in-predicting-life-expectancy-for-cerebral-palsy-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/birth-injury-lawyer\/no-certainty-in-predicting-life-expectancy-for-cerebral-palsy-children\/","title":{"rendered":"No Certainty in Predicting Life Expectancy for Cerebral Palsy Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Cerebral palsy (CP) is a syndrome with several mechanisms.<span>\u00a0<\/span>A child with cerebral palsy has disorders of movement or posture.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>This occurs during early development and may be associated with a birth injury.<span>\u00a0<\/span>Most diagnoses of severe CP are made within the first months after birth.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">By definition, CP is the term used for the abnormal development of or damage to the motor control centers of the brain.<span>\u00a0<\/span>Palsy means paralysis.<span>\u00a0<\/span>Palsy describes uncontrolled muscle movements, which is a condition prevalent in those diagnosed with cerebral palsy.<span>\u00a0<\/span>The source of cerebral palsy is usually the abnormal function of the part of the brain called the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cerebral_cortex\">cerebral cortex<\/a>.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Physicians agree that CP is not a specific diagnosis.<span>\u00a0<\/span>It is a description of neurological and physical deficiencies.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Cerebral palsy can be caused just weeks after conception through birth and after.Even in early childhood, a child could be afflicted with CP.<span>\u00a0<\/span>About 5-10 percent of those with CP are afflicted because of some sort of trauma during birth.<span>\u00a0<\/span>Other possible causes of CP are related to abnormal development of the brain, prenatal care, premature birth and brain injuries that could happen within a few years of life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/birth-injury-lawyer\/no-certainty-in-predicting-life-expectancy-for-cerebral-palsy-children\/#more-77\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cerebral palsy (CP) is a syndrome with several mechanisms.\u00a0A child with cerebral palsy has disorders of movement or posture.\u00a0 This occurs during early development and may be associated with a birth injury.\u00a0Most diagnoses of severe CP are made within the first months after birth.\u00a0 By definition, CP is the term used for the abnormal development [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":795,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birth-injury","category-cerebral-palsy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>No Certainty in Predicting Life Expectancy for Cerebral Palsy Children &#8212; 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