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Cerebral Birth Injury As A Cause Of Epilepsy

The possible role of cerebral birth injury in the aetiology of epilepsy was evaluated by comparing the birth histories of 101 epileptic patients with focal seizures and 208 with non-focal seizures. The former were smaller at birth and their mothers were older and had higher blood pressures than the mothers of the latter. Although the two groups did not differ significantly with regard to the frequency of breech birth, assisted vaginal breech deliveries were significantly more numerous in the focal group. The injured half of the brain was as often pressed against the sacrum as against the symphysis during birth.

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	Did You Know?
	There are different types of cerebral palsy. Some of the different types of cerebral palsy are as follows: (1) acquired cerebral palsy: this type of cerebral palsy result from damage or injury incurred after birth, and is therefore ‘acquired’ after birth, (2) congenital cerebral palsy: another of cerebral palsy is congenital, and this is contracted at birth or during the pregnancy, (3) spastic cerebral palsy: this type of cerebral palsy makes up about eighty percent of cerebral palsy sufferers. With this type of cerebral palsy, movement can be very limited due to groups of tight muscles, (4) athetoid cerebral palsy: this form of cerebral palsy affects the areas of the brain that are responsible for processing signals that allow for efficient and proper co-ordination and posture, (5) ataxic cerebral palsy: this type of cerebral palsy is where the child has poor muscle tone, and movement is poorly co-coordinated, and (6) mixed cerebral palsy: this type of cerebral palsy is a combination of other types of cerebral palsy.