Cerebral palsy (CP) refers to an umbrella term encompassing a group of non-progressive and non-contagious conditions that cause physical disability in human development.
Cerebral term refers to the affected area of the brain and the cerebrum and palsy terms refer to disorder of movement. Cerebral palsy is caused by damage to the motor control centers of the young developing brain. CP can occur during pregnancy (about 75 percent of all cases in general), during childbirth (about 5 percent) or after birth (about 15 percent) up to about age three.
Cerebral palsy means a non-progressive disorder: the brain damage does not worsen (but secondary orthopedic difficulties are common). For CP, there is no known cure. There is only a medical intervention limited to the prevention and treatment of complications possible from cerebral palsy's consequences.
In the case of adults with CP, onset of arthritis and osteoporosis can occur much sooner. By these adults, a further research is needed, because the current literature body is highly focused on the pediatric patients. Cerebral palsy's resultant motor disorders are sometimes (though not always) accompanied by disturbances of sensation, communication, cognition, perception, by a seizure, and/or behavior disorder.
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