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Cerebral palsy is an umbrella for a collection of syndromes and symptoms in a baby or child stemming from hypoxic brain injury (lack of oxygen) during birth. A child suffering from cerebral palsy may have cognitive and/or physical abnormalities as a result of a lack of oxygen to the brain during childbirth.
Cerebral palsy is sometimes totally crippling, keeping a child unable to walk, talk or care for himself. Much milder forms of cerebral palsy may manifest themselves as a minor lack of muscular control and coordination. There is much hope for improvement in many cases, with proper therapy and intervention. Children with cerebral palsy affecting their gait have been known to improve so well over time that they eventually ran track in high school.
Early evaluation and intervention are important. Dedicated parents and knowledgeable health care professionals can do a lot to help a child with cerebral palsy cope or overcome it in many cases. Securing the financial resources necessary to pursue your child's greatest possible improvement is one objective of a birth injury claim when health care professionals were negligent during labor or delivery.
If your child suffers from cerebral palsy because of the negligence of an obstetrician, hospital or other caregiver such as nurses during childbirth in a Georgia hospital, talk to an attorney.
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