Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral palsy is an umbrella term that describes a group of chronic disorders that impair movement control in the early years of a child's life. In patients with cerebral palsy, messages between the brain and the rest of the body become scrambled. These scrambled messages can result in the wrong muscles doing the wrong job causing problems with walking, speech, balance, and coordination. Cerebral palsy is neither progressive or communicable. Some children with cerebral palsy are also affected by other medical disorders, but cerebral palsy does not always result in profound handicap. Regrettably, it is also not curable although though therapy and modern technology, people with cerebral palsy often lead happy and productive lives.
The cause of this disorder varies. Many children with cerebral palsy have a congenital malformation of the brain, meaning that the malformation existed at birth and was not caused by factors occurring during the birthing process. For other children, their cerebral palsy was caused by brain damage sustained by the infant before, during or immediately after the baby's birth. This brain damage is often the result of lack of oxygen to the baby's brain or from a trauma during labor and delivery. This type of injury is often, but not always, caused by the medical malpractice of the physicians delivering the baby.
See United Cerebral Palsy of Central Maryland
See New Drug for Cerebral Palsy
See Cerebral Palsy Symptoms
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See Nursing Home Neglect or Abuse in Maryland
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See Sample Attorney Deposition of Medical Malpractice Doctor
See Sample Attorney Deposition of Defendant Doctor's Medical Expert
See Informed Consent in Maryland
See Requirements for Certificate of Merit in Maryland Malpractice Cases
See Sample Medical Malpractice Complaint
