Birth-Injury-Related Cerebral Palsy

For most parents, the birth of a child is an exciting andcases today in the United States.
joyous experience. But nowadays, 3 to 4 percent ofBirth injury-related cerebral palsy is usually caused by
newborns suffer from birth-related injuries. In the Unitedbirth asphyxia (lack of oxygen during the birth process),
States, cerebral palsy has become a seriousa complex condition which is difficult to predict or
birth-related injury which affects 5,000 to 10,000 infantsprevent.
each year.Premature birth, low birth weight, hemorrhage in the
There are different types of birth-related injuries thatchild's brain, an infection or illness in the mother like
may happen before, during, or after the birth of a child.rubella, toxoplasmosis; intrauterine exposure to drugs or
Although there are several types of birth injuries, onealcohol are other reasons for birth injury related
of the most popular and common type of birth injury iscerebral palsy.
cerebral palsy.Even though doctors and nurses are trained to identify
Rather than a disease, cerebral palsy in newbornsymptoms of cerebral palsy, in most cases they fail to
babies is a physical condition that is caused by brainrecognize the problem of brain injury in newborn
damage before, during, or after birth. There are fourbabies. This failure may lead to birth injury related
different types of cerebral palsy: spastic cerebralcerebral palsy. When cerebral palsy is caused due to
palsy, ataxic cerebral palsy, athetoid cerebral palsy,birth injury (negligence), it becomes a case of medical
and mixed cerebral palsy. Each type of cerebral palsymalpractice .The parents of victims can claim for
has its own characteristics. Of the four types ofcompensation for life long care. With the help of a
cerebral palsy, spastic cerebral palsy is the mostcerebral palsy lawyer, victims can easily win
common type. It accounts for eighty percent of allcompensation for medical malpractice.