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Yes. Exposure to viruses either prenatally (first trimester?), antenatally (mom has a dormant or active virus at or around birth especially if present in birth canal) or post natally (within the first month? of life) has been linked to CP. This has been posed/researched within the past three to five years....
pub med search, pathophysiology and CP would probably give you this and other scary links...
The gift of life without disabilities is even more precious than you may think....
I do not mean to offend anyone that has CP. I do not mean to imply that their lives are not precious and were not gifts. Nor am I trying to be religious....
I will sign off before I offend anyone else...
Greta
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Subject: HUUH???????? Exposure to viral infections at birth linked to cerebral palsy?????????????
Exposure to viral infections at birth linked to cerebral palsy
Reuters
Friday, January 06, 2006
Exposure to certain viral infections around the time of birth is linked to
cerebral palsy, Australian scientists say. Findings by researchers at the
University of Adelaide suggest that neurotropic infections, which include the
herpes viruses, mumps and measles, could trigger brain damage and cerebral
palsy, a group of disorders that impairs the control of movement. "The risk of
cerebral palsy is nearly doubled with exposure to the herpes B viruses,"
Catherine Gibson, a research fellow at the university, said in a report in The
British Medical Journal. But she added other factors such as a susceptibility to
infection or prematurity may be needed for the disorder to develop. Ms. Gibson
and her team analyzed blood samples taken within a few days of birth from 443
children with cerebral palsy and 883 other babies. They found that herpes B
viruses were found more frequently in children later diagnosed with cerebral
palsy. Neurotropic viruses can cross the placenta and infect the baby shortly
before or after birth. The researchers said the likelihood of the mother's
infection crossing into the fetus depends on the virus, whether the infection is
recurrent and the age of the fetus at the time of the infection.
C National Post 2006
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