Misdiagnosis of Hidden Causes of Cerebral Palsy

Underlying conditions list:

The list of possible underlying conditions mentioned in various sources for Cerebral Palsy includes:

• Head injury
• Jaundice
• Rh incompatibility
• Rubella
• Childbirth difficulty
• Congenital brain conditions
• Hemolytic disease of the newborn
• Meningitis
• Maternal infections
• Maternal alcoholism
• Maternal drug abuse
• Prematurity
• Possible causes of later developing cerebral palsy:
  • Stroke
  • Head injury
  • Brain injury

Other underlying conditions related to Cerebral Palsy:

• Ataxia
• Cerebellar syndrome
• Choreoathetosis
• Contractures
• Dysphonia
• Hypotonia (skeletal muscle)
• Incontinence, urine
• Sensorineural hearing loss
• Spastic ataxia
• Upper motor neurone lesion

Source: Diseases Database

Cerebral Palsy as a complication:

Other conditions that might have Cerebral Palsy as a complication might be potential underlying conditions. The list of conditions listing Cerebral Palsy as a complication includes:

• Aksu von Stockhausen syndrome
• Childbirth
• Leukomalacia
• Shaken Baby Syndrome

Cerebral Palsy Causes: Book Excerpts

• Causes and incidence - Cerebral palsy
• Causes - Cerebral palsy
• Cerebral Palsy - etiology - Cerebral Palsy

Cerebral Palsy as a symptom:

Conditions listing Cerebral Palsy as a symptom may also be potential underlying conditions.

You may also want to research other symptoms in our Symptoms Center.

• Female reproductive toxicity
• Fetal methylmercury syndrome
• Mercury poisoning - consumption of contaminated fish
• Mercury poisoning - Folk Remedies
• Microencephaly
• Rhombencephalosynapsis

Discussion of underlying conditions of Cerebral Palsy:

Several of the causes of cerebral palsy that have been identified through research are preventable or treatable: head injury, jaundice, Rh incompatibility, and rubella (German measles). (Source: excerpt from NINDS Cerebral Palsy Information Page: NINDS)

About underlying conditions:

With a diagnosis of Cerebral Palsy, it is important to consider whether there is an underlying condition causing Cerebral Palsy. These are other medical conditions that may possibly cause Cerebral Palsy. For general information on this form of misdiagnosis, see Underlying Condition Misdiagnosis or Overview of Misdiagnosis.
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