Mixed Cerebral Palsy - Another Birth Injury Possibility

The chronic condition known as cerebral palsy is usually divided into different types, each causing a different set of symptoms because of the different parts of the brain that have been damaged, often due to birth injury or improper prenatal care. Among those affected with the condition cerebral palsy there are about 10 percent according to Bright Tots who have the mixed type.

Athetoid cerebral palsy is one of several forms of this chronic condition. CP is caused by damage to the brain during pregnancy, during labor or delivery, or because of an injury sustained in early childhood.