Causes of Cerebral Palsy
List of causes of Cerebral Palsy
Following is a list of causes or underlying conditions
(see also Misdiagnosis of underlying causes of Cerebral Palsy)
that could possibly cause Cerebral Palsy includes:
Causes of Cerebral Palsy (Diseases Database):
The follow list shows some of the possible medical causes of Cerebral Palsy
that are listed by the Diseases Database:
Source: Diseases Database
Cerebral Palsy Causes: Book Excerpts
Cerebral Palsy as a complication of other conditions:
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Cerebral Palsy as a complication may,
potentially, be an underlying cause of Cerebral Palsy.
Our database lists the following as having
Cerebral Palsy as a complication of that condition:
Cerebral Palsy as a symptom:
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as a symptom may also be potential underlying causes of Cerebral Palsy.
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Cerebral Palsy as a symptom of that condition:
Medical news summaries relating to Cerebral Palsy:
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As with all medical conditions,
there may be many causal factors.
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Cerebral palsy:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
See Causes of cerebral palsy, for a more detailed description of the causes of CP. Incidence is slightly higher in premature neonates (anoxia plays the greatest role in contributing to CP) and in neonates who are small for their gestational age. CP is slightly more common in males than in females. For every 1,000 births, 2 to 4 neo-nates are affected.
Spastic cerebral palsy is the most common type of CP, affecting about 50% of CP patients.Athetoid cerebral palsy affects about 20% of CP patients, ataxic cerebral palsy accounts for another 10% of these patients, and the remaining 20% of patients are mixed, with a combination of symptoms.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Cerebral palsy:
Causes
(Handbook of Diseases)
Conditions that result in cerebral anoxia, hemorrhage, or other CNS damage are probably responsible for cerebral palsy.
Prenatal causes
Prenatal causes include maternal infection (especially rubella), radiation, anoxia, toxemia, maternal diabetes, abnormal placental attachment, vaginal bleeding, malnutrition, and isoimmunization.
Perinatal and birth difficulties
Examples of perinatal and birth difficulties include inadequate oxygenation of the brain, forceps delivery, breech presentation, placenta previa, abruptio placentae, depressed maternal vital signs from general or spinal anesthetic, and prolapsed cord with delay in the delivery of the head. Premature birth, prolonged or unusually rapid labor, and multiple birth (especially infants born last in a multiple birth) may also cause cerebral palsy as well as bleeding into the brain.
Infection or trauma during infancy
Cerebral palsy may follow kernicterus resulting from erythroblastosis fetalis, brain infection, head trauma, prolonged anoxia, brain tumor, cerebral circulatory anomalies causing blood vessel rupture, and systemic disease resulting in cerebral thrombosis or embolus.
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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
Cerebral Palsy:
Cerebral Palsy - etiology
(The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult)
- Not apparent in most cases. A more recently recognized perinatal factor is the presence of chorioamnionitis; mild or even subclinical cases may have increased association with CP.
- Epidemiologic studies indicate 2 types of vulnerability to CP:
- Prematurity: Vulnerability of the periventricular white matter between 28 and 32 weeks of gestation results in periventricular leukomalacia.
- IUGR: Fetal growth retardation associated with CNS dysgenesis, non-CNS malformation, teratogens, growth retardation, evidence of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy more often seen
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Source: The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, 2008
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