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ATHETOID CEREBRAL PALSY - INFORMATION & LAWSUIT EVALUATION
Athetoid Cerebral Palsy or dyskinetic cerebral palsy is a form of cerebral palsy is characterized by uncontrolled, slow, writhing movements. Athetoid cerebral palsy is caused by damage to the cerebellum or basal ganglia at the base of the brain. These abnormal movements usually affect the hands, feet, arms, or legs and, in some cases, the muscles of the face and tongue, causing grimacing or drooling. The movements often increase during periods of emotional stress and disappear during sleep. Patients may also have problems coordinating the muscle movements needed for speech, a condition known as dysarthria. They are very unsteady when they walk and they often have shaky hand movements and jerky speech. Athetoid cerebral palsy affects about 10 to 20 percent of patients. .
CAUSE OF ATHETOID CEREBRAL PALSY
Athetoid cerebral palsy is a form of CP that is often due to a large increase in the amount of a body chemical—bilirubin—in the blood of the newborn infant. This increase results in yellowing of the infant’s skin called jaundice. It also injures essential parts of the brain controlling the coordination of movements, the basal ganglia and the cerebellum. The brain injury is called Kernicterus and was a major cause of athetoid cerebral palsy. Kernicterus causes athetoid cerebral palsy. No baby should develop kernicterus resulting brain damage or cerebral palsy from untreated jaundice. With today's medical advances, if a baby develops kernicterus and athetoid cerebral palsy, then a probable medical malpractice lawsuit is in order.
Jaundice is a common problem among infants immediately after birth. It is the result of the inability of the neonatal liver to clear bilirubin, a breakdown product of blood cells, from the blood. In most cases, jaundice is usually a self-limiting, mild disorder. The most commonly used treatment is ultraviolet light exposure, in which the infant is placed under an ultraviolet lamp for a few hours each day. The ultraviolet light breaks down bilirubin into a water soluble form which the infant liver can process and excrete .If the baby gets very jaundiced, the doctor can do an immediate exchange transfusion. An exchange transfusion is a life-saving procedure designed to counteract the effects of serious jaundice, infection or bilirubin toxicity. When the bilirubin is deposited in the brain (CNS) tissues, then a diagnosis of kernicterus is certain. The procedure involves the staged removal of the infant's blood and replacement with fresh donor blood or plasma. The kernicterus treatment exchange transfusion is credited with preventing countless infants from developing kernicterus, when other jaundice treatments have failed.
Besides athetoid cerebral palsy, there are several other types of cerebral palsy including Dyskinetic Cerebral Palsy, Ataxic Cerebral Palsy, Spastic Cerebral Palsy and a Mixed Type of Cerebral Palsy which includes spasticity and athetoid movements
ATHETOID CEREBRAL PALSY LAWSUIT EVALUATION - TALK TO AN ATTORNEY
If your child has been diagnosed with athetoid cerebral palsy and you believe that your child’s cerebral palsy may have been caused by a medical mistake, then call us for a Free & Confidential Consultation. Talk to a Board Certified Personal Injury Trial Lawyer at 1-800-883-9858 or click here for a Cerebral Palsy Lawsuit Evaluation Form
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If your baby has been diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy and you believe that medical malpractice may have occurred by your Doctors, ObGyn, nurses, assistants and/or hospital staff, then you may have a Cerebral Palsy Legal Action for legal damages against those that may have caused or contributed to your child's condition.
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COMMON QUESTIONS
Question: What are the most common causes of cerebral palsy?
Answer: During the birth, many times the child’s ability to obtain needed oxygen is a chief cause of cerebral palsy. It may result from premature separation of the placenta, too large of baby for the birth canal or pelvis, too long or too abrupt of labor, awkward and/or breech deliveries, cord entanglement, excessive Pitocin, shoulder dystocia, failure to order timely cesarean (c-section), placenta abruptus, excessive force or use of vacuum or forceps, and ruptured uterus. In additional cerebral palsy may occur when there is presence of birth asphyxia, a vaginal birth after a caesarean delivery (VBAC) with a ruptured uterus, neonatal depression, static encephalopathy, fetal bleeding, periventricular leukomalacia, fetal distress during labor, an abrupted placenta and/or hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy,
Question: What are the early signs that may indicate a birth injury or birth trauma may have occurred ?
Answer: Early signs of cerebral palsy may include but limited to low apgar scores, child born with low ph or acidosis, a child born with a bluish skin tone, seizure immediately after birth, cerebral edema, difficulty breathing on its own and a child born severely bruised at birth. These signs may show evidence of a forced delivery or excessive force or trauma on the infant during birth.
Question: What are the physical signs or common symptoms that indicate that a child may have cerebral palsy ?
Answer: A child with cerebral palsy may have limbs that are hard to move or stiff, underdeveloped limbs, muscular hypertonicity, muscle weakness and a tendency to contractures. Cerebral Palsy (CP) child may also exhibit involuntary or uncontrolled movements ,weakness, incoordination, wide-based gait, imbalance and difficulty in depth perception.
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