Rare, Cerebral Vascular Accident (CVA) around birth affects approximately between 300 and 500 children each year in France. Many of them will live with cerebral palsy.
A difficult diagnosis to make
The absence of visible signs during pregnancy and around birth does not allow perinatal stroke to be diagnosed until much later. In newborns, cerebral infarction is often revealed by convulsions on only one side of the body.
An overall decrease in tone
The consequences generally appear later, except when the brain damage is severe, leading to impaired wakefulness, an overall decrease in tone, breathing or eating difficulties, etc.
Early rehabilitation
Management of perinatal stroke is adapted to the causes of the stroke if they are identified. Through early rehabilitation, the child will be able to acquire motor and cognitive functions in order to have the best possible quality of life and autonomy.
A multidisciplinary collaboration
This rehabilitation is the result of a multidisciplinary collaboration involving several health professionals, including the physiotherapist and the speech therapist. The Cerebral Palsy Foundation supports a major research project called ENSEMBLE, the aim of which is to detect cerebral palsy early in infants.
More information on www.fondationparalysiecerebrale.org
 Didier Galibert
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08/06/2023 | 
