Cerebral Palsy Stem Cell Treatment Breakthrough

Beijing, China's Tiantan Puhua Neurosurgical Hospital isfetaldevelopment or infancy.
doing wonders for people with cerebral palsy with aNo doubt, when a British family got word of the
new breakthrough in treatment that involves stembreakthrough in China, theythought of their
cells.eight-year-old daughter, who suffers from cerebral
Recently, doctors at Tiantan Puhua treated apalsy. Sincethe cerebral palsy treatment is not
19-year-old cerebral palsy patientfrom Hungary. Afteravailable in England, the parents must raiseenough
undergoing the hospital's cerebralpalsy treatment,money to be able to send their daughter to China in
which involves injecting stem cells into spinal cordhopes that her healthwill improve.
fluid,the patient has seen vast improvements, fromThe cerebral palsy treatment used at Beijing's Tiantan
being able to sit up toconcentrating for a longerPuhua Neurosurgical
amount of time.Hospital isn't exclusive to the country -- in fact, it's
Neither a disorder nor a disease, cerebral palsybeen used in a few othercountries like Mexico where
describes a group of chronicconditions that makepatient results have been dramatic. Living withcerebral
body movement and muscle coordination difficult.palsy for some people means not being able to see,
Differenttypesof cerebral palsy exist, like Spastichaving difficultyspeaking and even having trouble
Cerebral Palsy,walking, to name a few examples, but patientswho
Athetoidor Dyskinetic Cerebralget this stem cell injection have reported an almost
Palsy, Ataxicreversal of many of theeffects of cerebral palsy.
Cerebral Palsyand MixedChildrenwith cerebral palsy especially can benefit from
Cerebral Palsy. No type of cerebral palsy isthis treatment, since it mayenable them to lead a
contagious, and it is typicallycaused when damagemore "normal" life like other children. The impactof
occurs to specific areas of the brain duringcerebral palsy on children can be huge.