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I have a question on Cerebral Palsy?
Is Cerebral Palsy automatically present from birth or may it lay dormant for a while and then come to surface later on in a person's life?
Is Cerebral Palsy automatically present from birth or may it lay dormant for a while and then come to surface later on in a person's life?
Posted by S P
It shows up at about a year or two old.
Posted by KimpyJ
Cerebral Palsy (CP) is a group of disorders whose major feature is brain damage.Most of the time this damage is done before/during or shortly after birth and can be due to a variety of causes.Cerebral Palsy can be caused by a brain injury that would occur due to a fall down stairs or car accident, however when this is the cause it is more commonly called Traumatic Brain Injury when the event occurs after age 3 years not Cerebral Palsy although it is the same thing.
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