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Emperor Devon Newbie

Emperor Devon

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But please excuse my ignorance, what is Cerebral Palsy? I get that the cerebrum is part of the brain, but that's all.

 

It's something that occurs in every 2 - 2.5 out of 1,000 births. Some types of it are spastic, athetoid, ataxic, and sometimes a mix.

 

For ataxia, there are problems in walking. Visual or audirotiral processing problems can be included. It damages the cerebellum.

 

The athetoid version results in involuntary body movements. Damage occurs to the extrapyramidal motor system, sometimes pyramidal tract too,and to the basal ganglia.

 

The spastic type is the most common. It results in difficulty in movements. It is classified with topography, and sounds like what Tsych has.

 

Some subdivisions of spastic CP are tetraplegia, which affects all limbs and the head, diplegia, which affects both lower limbs, and hemiplegia, in which only one side of the body is involved.

 

If you want, I can go into more depth, but I'm sure Tsych could explain it in a personal manner than I could. :)

 

My sympathies, Tysyacha. :(

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Jae Onasi Newbie

Jae Onasi

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The athetoid version results in involuntary body movements. Damage occurs to the extrapyramidal motor system, sometimes pyramidal tract too,and to the basal ganglia. (snipped)

 

 

Geez, Emperor Devon, you'd think you're going to med school or something. :) Extra points if you know where the basal ganglia are without googling/searching it....

 

My ex-boyfriend happened to have CP, and he was extremely bright. Even though it didn't work out for us, I still think fondly of him.

 

Tysy, I don't have CP and I still manage to fall on a semi-regular basis. My most spectacular was in my office. I forgot the rolling chair I was sitting in had a wheel that would stick now and then. I was wearing an outfit that was polyester and a little slippery. I pushed back to make the chair roll; the wheel stuck and the chair stopped abruptly. Unfortunately, I did not. I slid completely off the darn thing and landed on my butt on the floor at the feet of 2 teens. Fortunately, I didn't hurt myself or any of my instruments. My pride, on the other hand.... :)

Emperor Devon Newbie

Emperor Devon

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Geez, Emperor Devon, you'd think you're going to med school or something. :)

 

My expertise is in political and historical matters. I do have an interest in some medical subjects, though. :)

 

Extra points if you know where the basal ganglia are without googling/searching it....

 

Isn't it in the center of the brain, above the globus pallidus?

Diego Varen Newbie

Diego Varen

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I'm putting you on the idol thread, I'm very impressed that you can put up with that kind of thing. No, I'm not patronizing, just sincere (something my own friends lack). :)

 

But please excuse my ignorance, what is Cerebral Palsy? I get that the cerebrum is part of the brain, but that's all.

 

I once knew someone with Cerebral Palsy. Sorry for going Off-Topic.

RedHawke Newbie

RedHawke

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A kewl point for you, RedHawke, if you define several feet as near. :p

All my vast medical knowledge comes from the Blake Edwards movie S.O.B. (Robert Preston FTW!) and the movie and TV show M.A.S.H.! :xp:

Emperor Devon Newbie

Emperor Devon

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All my vast medical knowledge comes from the Blake Edwards movie S.O.B. (Robert Preston FTW!) and the movie and TV show M.A.S.H.! :xp:

 

I've not seen those, but if your truly superb knowledge of the human body came from them, I'll have to watch them as soon as possible. :xp:

HerbieZ Newbie

HerbieZ

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Impressive. Another pet peeve of mine: People storming in my room to get a towel from the towel cupboard. Specificaly in the morning, i like to sleep semi-nude so it's a shock to wake up and see the towel cupboard open and my bedroom door open and be not covered up. It's like teams of fleas in my brain are triggered. Damned annoying.

Davinq Newbie

Davinq

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Another pet peeve of mine. Please don't debate about it, I would like to keep the thread on topic.

 

Homophobics. I think it's so rude when people are so disrespectful to gays. Like for example, there is an actual gay at my school, and he actually hangs out with a large group of girls. Unfortunately, every day some person comes up to him and calls him a fag. It pains me to see any human being put down like that (like most I could probably bring up a few exceptions, namely my rival/enemy, but still...).

Jae Onasi Newbie

Jae Onasi

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I've not seen those, but if your truly superb knowledge of the human body came from them, I'll have to watch them as soon as possible. :xp:

 

I've not seen SOB, but MASH is absolutely hysterical. Its awesomeness rivals, nay exceeds greatly, the Good Wife thread.

 

*Jae plans to pull it out and sit on her gluteus maximus to watch it tonight*

Davinq Newbie

Davinq

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I thought of another one. It goes without saying, but I'll say it and get going:

 

SPAM.

 

Leave it to the ones the most guilty of the infraction to post it as a pet peeve! :lol: -RH

 

That is cold, Hawke...

Hallucination Newbie

Hallucination

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Homophobics. I think it's so rude when people are so disrespectful to gays. Like for example, there is an actual gay at my school, and he actually hangs out with a large group of girls. Unfortunately, every day some person comes up to him and calls him a fag. It pains me to see any human being put down like that (like most I could probably bring up a few exceptions, namely my rival/enemy, but still...).

QFT. Homophobia is gay.

Sorry, I had to say that.

Davinq Newbie

Davinq

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@Hall: Forgiven. There's a YouTube vid called "Homophobia is Gay" that I saw the other day (no images). It was pretty sad.

 

@ED: Thx for the detailed explanation of CP.

St. Jimmy Newbie

St. Jimmy

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I hate. 'Baby on Board' signs in cars. Seriously, yep, sure, congratulations but really, what's the point? They don't make people reconsider anything that they were allready doing. And usually you can tell there's children in the car 'cause there's sticky hand marks all over the windows (which is another thing I hate.) AND, people who think they have the right to just go up and touch your car and get it all dirty with their hand dirtyness. Crap, that annoys me.

Negative Sun Newbie

Negative Sun

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EMO KIDS

 

May they all die and rot an eternity in hell, but not the cool part with all the murderers and stuff, but the really boring part with all the evil lawyers and accountants and stuff muahahaha

 

For the male ones: Don't try and hide your coming out behind a stupid trend, have the balls to do it properly (no pun intended, well maybe a little)

Davinq Newbie

Davinq

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Oooooh! I've got one!

Expanding on my homophobia pet peeve: whenever [homosexuality] pops up here on the forums, everyone seems to think it necessary to post "I'm straight btw," every time they make a post.

HerbieZ Newbie

HerbieZ

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ITunes 7. Evil piece of technology. How can they take something that works, and make it buggy. Its impossibly to listen to music while surfing the web now.

 

Good news on the towel cupboard front peeps, i moved a shelf out onto the landing and now the towels are stored there, after 19 years i can finally sleep in the nude in peace!

The Doctor Newbie

The Doctor

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How is iTunes 7 buggy, exactly? I have no problem using it while online, or any other time, for that matter. I find it quite sexy, actually. :xp:

 

@ Topic: This may be somewhat inappropriate, but I'm saying it anyway. People who complain about one brand of condoms just because the schools offer them for free. Durex works just as well as Trojan, guys.

 

I also hate trumpet players. Arrogant bastards. And every trumpet player I know is arrogant, so nobody tell me they're not. They are. :p

 

People who complain to me about the weather as if I can do something to fix it. Seriously. I can't do anything about it. I'm good, but not that good. :p

 

The fact that the :p smiley doesn't work when you use a capital P. It just bugs me.

 

Homophobics. I think it's so rude when people are so disrespectful to gays. Like for example, there is an actual gay at my school, and he actually hangs out with a large group of girls. Unfortunately, every day some person comes up to him and calls him a fag. It pains me to see any human being put down like that (like most I could probably bring up a few exceptions, namely my rival/enemy, but still...).

Quoted for pure and obvious truth. I couldn't agree more. Homosexuality is not a disease. It's not a disorder. Using the term 'gay' as an insult is the mark of a true idiot. It's stupid. Stop doing it.

In fact, racism and prejudice in general piss the hell out of me. If you don't people who are different, then you're going to find yourself with very few friends. Grow the **** up. No, that's not directed at anyone here. It's more directed to the world in general.

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