Stem Cell Treatments for Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral palsy : an umbrella term for group of degenerative brain disorders, causing various degrees of neuromotor impairment and physical disability. Many factors can be openly link up with the condition such as but limited to infection before birth, premature birth, lack of oxygen as well as severe mental injury during birth. There is at present no treatment available conventionally that is been approved; but can stem cells treatment help and if the answer is yes, is it really necessary to wait for the approval? Studies are ongoing to minimize the symptoms associated with the condition if not managed altogether. Various supportive treatments have been formulated such as physiotherapy, occupational therapy, etc. to improve locomotion and audiovisual skills of the children. Some oral muscular relaxants are available to tackle muscular stiffness and thereby functional loss. However, it has to be noted that all these treatments are only supplementary without any reversal in the con...