| Beijing, China's Tiantan Puhua Neurosurgical Hospital is | | | | fetaldevelopment or infancy. |
| doing wonders for people with cerebral palsy with a | | | | No doubt, when a British family got word of the |
| new breakthrough in treatment that involves stem | | | | breakthrough in China, theythought of their |
| cells. | | | | eight-year-old daughter, who suffers from cerebral |
| Recently, doctors at Tiantan Puhua treated a | | | | palsy. Sincethe cerebral palsy treatment is not |
| 19-year-old cerebral palsy patientfrom Hungary. After | | | | available 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 cord | | | | hopes that her healthwill improve. |
| fluid,the patient has seen vast improvements, from | | | | The cerebral palsy treatment used at Beijing's Tiantan |
| being able to sit up toconcentrating for a longer | | | | Puhua Neurosurgical |
| amount of time. | | | | Hospital isn't exclusive to the country -- in fact, it's |
| Neither a disorder nor a disease, cerebral palsy | | | | been used in a few othercountries like Mexico where |
| describes a group of chronicconditions that make | | | | patient 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 Spastic | | | | having difficultyspeaking and even having trouble |
| Cerebral Palsy, | | | | walking, to name a few examples, but patientswho |
| Athetoidor Dyskinetic Cerebral | | | | get this stem cell injection have reported an almost |
| Palsy, Ataxic | | | | reversal of many of theeffects of cerebral palsy. |
| Cerebral Palsyand Mixed | | | | Childrenwith cerebral palsy especially can benefit from |
| Cerebral Palsy. No type of cerebral palsy is | | | | this treatment, since it mayenable them to lead a |
| contagious, and it is typicallycaused when damage | | | | more "normal" life like other children. The impactof |
| occurs to specific areas of the brain during | | | | cerebral palsy on children can be huge. |