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Originally Posted by musicmaker650 I wouldn't be surprised if this percentage hasn't changed much since the 50's. I would have expected to see less CP births, with the advances in medicine, but I think that the fact that premature babies are being born and serviving at much lower birthweights with CP... Maybe the cases have not decreased... |
Problem is, so far as I can tell, no one's ever really discovered definitively what leads to CP in newborns. One of the most compelling theories I've come across is that a viral infection at the wrong moment in pregnancy may be a cause. The same sort of thing has been hypothesized to be a potential cause of schizophrenia. It's interesting because both are neurological disorders. And I remember my wife contracting a very bad cold during her pregnancy. It makes you wonder. Low birth weight seems to correlate of course. But I've also seen studies suggesting that oxygen deprivation isn't a cause -- which many assumed it might have been. Children with CP have also been seen to have low levels of magnesium. I remember my son being given magnesium during his time in the nursery. He was early but not low birth weight, and not terribly early -- four weeks early.
It seems so complex that there are probably several different causes.
Sorry for the ramble. I just remain curious about these things.
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