EFFECTS+Cerebral+Palsy+Louis+and+Alex+P

===|| HOME || CAUSE || EFFECTS || TREATMENT || PREVENTION || **INTERESTING FACTS || NOTES || MLA ||** === Cerebral palsy affects the part of the brain that controlls muscles that comes in three different forms: Hemplegia- affects one side of the body; Diplegia- both legs or both arms; Quadriplegia- both arms and legs. []

It also causes four types of muscle problems: Spastic muscles- rigid and stiff; Hypotonic- floppy; Athetosis- trouble controlling own legs or arms; Ataxic is having trouble in keeping balence. This causes children that have this disease grow more slowly than other healthy children because they have trouble eating, causing malnutrition, which is not getting enough food needed for growth. The mental effects are that some people with this disease may be slower to develop mentally, some may never think complexly, and some may even be completely disabled.

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Q: Name at least two forms of cerebral palsy.

Q: Name and describe at least two types of muscle problems that cerebral palsy causes.