Causes of Cerebral Palsy

CEREBRAL PALLSY A Common Birth Injury • .. • • Cerebral palsy is a neurological disorder caused by a non-progressive brain injury or malformation that occurs while the child's brain is under development WHAT CAUSES CEREBRAL PALSY Infections during pregnancy Severe jaundice in the infant Rh incompatibility between mother and infant B AB The physical and metabolic trauma of being born Significant trauma to the head_ during delivery Severe oxygen deprivation to the brain