User:DKRclassWIKI/Spina Bifida

Spina Bifida- Results in paralysis of the lower trunk, lack of bladder and bowel control, lacks skin sensation in the lower body and may have scoliosis.


 * Most common form is myelomeningocele: Spinal cord and its covering membrane pouch out of the opening in the vertebrae, o ften accompanied by hydrocephalus. Cerebrospinal fluid is not absorbed normally by the body and instead trapped in the brain which causes the head and brain to become enlarged
 * Results in motor, language or perceptual disabilities and seizure disorders
 * Teaching and Management Implications: Shunt may inserted to drain the fluid in the brain, Delayed treatment results in becoming a more serious degree of intellectual disability