I-Cerebral Palsy Basics
I-cerebral palsy yiqembu lezinkinga ezichaphazela ubuchopho bomuntu (cerebral) nendlela abasebenzisa ngayo imisipha yabo (ukukhubazeka).
Izingane ezine-cerebral palsy ngezinye izikhathi zingabonakaliswa izimpawu ezincane kakhulu, njengokungathi i-clumsy encane uma igijima. Abanye bangase babe nezimpawu ezinzima kakhulu, njengokungakwazi ukuhamba nhlobo.
Ama-Cerebral Palsy Facts
Izingane ezine-cerebral palsy zivame ukubambezeleka ekuhlangabezaneni nezenzakalo ezibalulekile zokuthuthukiswa, ezifana nokugcina ikhanda lihlale lizinzile, liqhubekela phezulu, likhahlela, lihlezi phezulu, lime ngokusekela, noma lihamba.
- Ukukhubazeka kwesiberethri kungabangelwa izinto eziningana ngesikhathi sokukhulelwa noma unyaka wokuqala wokuphila wengane, kuhlanganise nezifo, izinkinga zokukhulelwa, i-jaundice ejulile (i-kernicterus), ukuhlukunyezwa kwezingane, imivimbo, ukulimala kwekhanda, kanye nezifo zofuzo.
- Izinsana zangaphambi kokuzalwa kanye nezinzalo eziningi (amawele, ama-triplets, njll) zengozini enkulu yokuphefumula kwengqondo.
- Ezinye izimbangela ze-cerebral palsy, njenge-kernicterus nokulimala okuningi kwekhanda, zingavinjelwa. Ukunakekelwa okwanele kokubeletha nokuqashelwa kokuqala nokuphathwa kwezifo kungasiza ekuvimbeleni ukukhubazeka kwengqondo.
- Isibalo se-Apgar asikwazi ukubikezela ukuthi ngabe ingane izoba nokukhubazeka kwesibindi.
- Ayikho ikhambi le-cerebral palsy.
- I-cerebral palsy ayibubi kakhulu isikhathi futhi izimpawu zivame ukuphucula ukwelashwa ngokomzimba , ukwelashwa komsebenzi , nezinye izifo.
Izibalo ze-Cerebral Palsy Statistics
- Ukukhubazeka kwesiberethri kuthinta izingane ezingu-1 ezingu-278.
- Kukhona abantwana abangaba ngu-764,000 nabakudala e-United States abane-cerebral palsy.
- Unyaka ngamunye, izingane ezingaba ngu-8 000 nezinsana zitholwa ukuthi zine-cerebral palsy.
- Ingxenye yabantu abane-cerebral palsy basebenzise amadivaysi okusiza, kufaka phakathi amabhande, abahamba ngezinyawo, nezihlalo zabakhubazekile, ukuzisiza ukuba zibe ngaphezulu.
- Abantwana abangaba ngu-30% abane-cerebral palsy baye bahlushwa.
Imithombo:
Isitatimende senqubomgomo ye-AAP. I-Apgar Score.
I-PEDIATRICS Vol. 117 No. 4 Ephreli 2006, iphe. 1444-1447.
> CDC. Isikhungo Sikazwelonke Ngeziphene Zokuzalwa Nokukhubazeka Kwentuthuko.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/dd/ddcp.htm
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> I-United Cerebral Palsy. I-Cerebral Palsy - Amaqiniso & Amanani.
http://www.ucp.org/ucp_channeldoc.cfm/1/11/10427/10427-10427/447.