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5:12 am
April 9, 2010
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Dalton
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Does a hard bump of the head can cause cerebral palsy? Or it is genetic?
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10:33 am
April 9, 2010
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shaney
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I have never heard of a bump on the head causing it. I`ve heard that a baby can get it at birth when they are not getting enough oxygen. I don`t know if that`s true or not. I think it must be genetic.
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9:07 am
April 10, 2010
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gaultney
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Haven't heard it too.. I think its genetic.
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3:01 pm
April 10, 2010
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GilbertGrape
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It is not genetic. It is a type of brain damage-and it is non-progressive. Normally it is caused by oxygen deprivation, but other injuries can cause the same effect-including a bump on the head hard enough to cause, say, a brain bleed.
The big thing is that it happens early on. I'm not sure of the cut off, but the disability must be caused within the first few weeks or months of the
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5:19 am
April 13, 2010
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coLas
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The term cerebral palsy refers to any one of a number of neurological
disorders that appear in infancy or early childhood and permanently
affect body movement and muscle coordination but don’t worsen over
time. Even though cerebral palsy affects muscle movement, it isn’t
caused by problems in the muscles or nerves. It is caused by
abnormalities in parts of
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