Conditions For Spina Bifida that Affect the Child : Spina Bifida Effects

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SPINA BIFIDA - ITS CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

Spina Bifida Condition That Affect The Child

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DR. SANTOSH KARMARKAR
Consultant Pediatric Surgeon, B. J. Wadia Children's Hospital.

How does this condition affect the child?

The spinal cord normally carries messages between the brain and the body and the limbs. These messages help to control movement of the limbs. They also inform the brain about the feelings of touch, pain and signals from bladder and bowel.

In spina bifida, the nerves are damaged because the spinal cord has not formed properly. The amount of nerve damage varies greatly. The main effects are

Hydrocephalus -excessive fluid in the brain.
Muscle weakness or paralysis: Paralysis (motor loss) is mainly flaccid where the spinal cord is abnormal below the level of spina bifida, the muscles are unable to contact even by reflex action.
Lack of touch, pain sensation (sensory loss)
Bowel and bladder incontinence
Leg deformities - club foot, CTEV etc

Last created on 30-10-2001
Last updated on 01-07-2006

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