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a term used to describe a group of non progressive motor disorders caused by a lesion in the various motor enters of the developing brain |
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it is believed that cp results most often from existing |
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prenatal brain abnormalities, exposure to maternal chorioamnionitis in utero, prematurity, sever hypoglycemia |
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cp can also be acquired as a result of |
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shaken baby syndrome, meningitis or encephalitis |
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metabolic and genetic testing, mri |
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spastic, athetoid, ataxic mixed |
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involves damage to the cortex fo the brain |
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in spastic cp spasms occur with |
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involves damage to the basal neclei ganglion |
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athetoid cp involves continuous involuntary: |
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atetoid cp is ofet associated with |
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uncoordinated movements and ataxia from a lesion in the cerbellum |
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usually a combination of spastic and athetoid |
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two of the more common types of CP |
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those marked by spasticity and athetosis |
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spasticity is characterized by tension in certain |
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in spastic CP when the child tries to move the voluntary muscles _ |
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the child has involuntary purposeless movements that interfere with normal motion |
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botulinum toxi has been used successfully to manage |
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spasticity problems and reduce drooling |
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has helped control some athetoid symptoms |
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a implanted pum that delivers _ directly into the intrathecal space around the spinal cord can reduce _ (produces less side affects than orally) n |
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antiepileptic drugs such as _ may be prescribed if seizures are present |
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carbamazepin, valporic acid |
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dental hygiene is improtant because _ oft prescribed for seizures causes _ |
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seizures, gum hyperplasia |
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vomitting is common in child with CP because the gag reflex is |
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