How to Treat Cerebral Palsy?

Medical Treatment:

No cure but symptoms can be made better
Physiotherapy to encourage movement and to prevent muscles from becoming weaker. Also to prevent muscle contracture(shortened muscle)
Speech therapy to improve speech or to learn sign language
Occupational therapy to identify any particular areas and to remedy it
Medicines. Baclofen to help with muscle stiffness, botox injections to relax muscles, melatonin for sleep disturbances, painkillers for pain, laxative for constipation and antiepileptic medications for seizures/fits
Feeding. Improve swallowing techniques with speech therapy advise, a feeding tube(NJ tube) in case of severe problem
Drooling. This can be corrected with surgery to redirect salive gland direction towards the back, botox injections into the saliva glands, anticholinergic medications or skin patches. Speech therapy can help
Surgery: Selective dorsal rhizotomy to reduce stiffness in legs, scoliosis surgery, treat muscle contractures

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