Mixed Cerebral Palsy

Mixed cerebral palsy is a situation whereby two types of cerebral palsy occour in one body at the same time. Usually it is the spastic cerebral palsy and the athetoid cerebral palsy which combine to cause many disabilities in a child.

Spasticity is visible at the beginning of of life, that is between nine months and 3 years. The child experiences alot of involuntary movements.

There are three types of mixed cerebral palsy as follows;

• Spastic hemiplegia-One side of the body. • Spastic diplegia- The lower part of the body is affected more than the upper part of the body. Most people will this condition do eventually walk.

• Spastic quadriplegia- The whole body. The normal functioning of the digestive system should be monitored for the persons affected by this condition.

Here we have seen that there are three types of mixed CP and this include, one which affects one side of the body, the second type is whereby the lower part of the body is more affected than the upper part of the body. The last one affects the whole body.

All the three conditions affects the motor development and this may lead to physical disability. The physical disability will vary from one person to another depending on the severity of the condition.

After reading mixed cerebral palsy go to home page.

Go to ataxic cerebral palsy

Go to athetoid cerebral palsy

Go to spastic cerebral palsy

Go to cerebral palsy types.