Spastic Cerebral Pasy
The term spastic is used to describe muscle tone that is tight or stiff. The muscle is basically always contracting. Spasticity causes difficulty moving. Often the movements are jerky. Spastic Cerebral Palsy is the most common type of CP. About half of all people with CP have spastic CP.
There are a couple of types of spastic CP, these refer to the parts of the body that are affected: They are Spastic Diplegia, Spastic Hemiplegia and Spastic Quadriplegia.
With Spastic Diplegia it is the legs that are affected. One common result is something called scissoring. This is when the muscles in the legs are so tight that the knees may turn in and cross.
Spastic Hemiparesis is when the spasticity is limited to one side of the body or another. So one leg and one arm are affected (right or left side). Individuals with spastic hemiparesis may also experience hemiparetic tremors, in which uncontrollable shaking affects the limbs on one side of the body. If these tremors are severe, they can seriously impair movement.
Spastic Quadriplegia is the term given to describe spasticity of all 4 limbs. Of the three this is the most severe because it involves so much of the body.
What are some of the side effects of spastic hemiperesis? Do frequent frontal lobe headaches occur as a side effect of the CP? Or frequent leg pain?
I am not familiar with either of these being side effects of spastic hemiparesis. In particular the headaches are not something I have seen.
I have a question here.
Both my brother's leg were not normal when compare with other people. His foot were not in the normal position and it look more severe at the right leg. But the lucky thing is,he can lead a normal life beside walking in the way of not so normal and he cant bend down even with the help of objects.
Doctor said he was cerebral palsy and need to do operation when he was 2 years old. He did it that time and now, 12 years later, again doctor suggest him to do another operation on his right leg.
My question is, will the surgery helps him if the damage is in his brain and not his leg? (his IQ is normal)
There are many instances where a surgery done on a leg can improve how the leg works. I cannot speak to this specific situation and I certainly can't tell you that it will work. But making changes to the the leg itself can possibly improve how the leg works.