Name: Hunrry
Sex: Male
Country: Mongolia
Age:3 years
Diagnosis: spastic cerebral palsy
Date:July 25, 2013
Before treatment:
The patient was born full term and had no abnormalities at birth. The patient
suffered obvious stained yellow in skin and mucous at the 5th day after birth.
He was sent to a hospital and received treatment. After treatment, the yellow
stains disappeared. Then the patient suffered from epilepsy and dystonic
disorders. The patient was diagnosed with cerebellar hypoplasia. After he
received antiepileptic drug and muscle relaxant therapy, the patient developed
discomfort. So the medications were stopped. He was diagnosed with cerebral
palsy. Before the treatment, the patient had normal spirit and could understand
simple language. He smiled or expressed anger to present his ideas. The hearing
and vision were normal. He had poor control of head. He was unable to turn over,
sit, stand or walk. He suffered from trunk rotation. From the onset of disease,
the patient had normal nutrition, the sleep quality was good. He had semifluid
diet. The defecation and urination were normal.
Admission PE:
BP: 88/56mmHg, Hr: 110/min, Br: 20/min. Temperature: 36.3 degrees. He
suffered from developmental delay. The nutrition was almost normal. Height:
74cm, weight: 10 Kg. The skin and mucosa was intact, with no yellow stains or
petechia. His lips and mouth was ruddy. The thorax was symmetrical. The
respiratory sounds in both lungs were clear with no signs of dry or moist rales.
The heart sounds were strong and cardiac rhythm was regular, with no obvious
murmur. The abdomen was flat and soft, with no masses. There was no pressing
pain or rebound tenderness. The liver and spleen were not enlarged.
Nervous System Examination:
The patient was alert. He suffered apraxia of speech. He could not cooperate
with memory, orientation and calculation test. Both pupils were equal in size
and round. The diameter was about 3.5 mm. Both eyes had sensitive reflex to
light stimuli. Both eyes could move and follow objects. The movement of eyeballs
was flexible. He had difficulty with the examination of cranial nerves. He had
difficulty with chewing and ate semifluid diet. His swallow ability was normal.
The muscle strength of neck was weak. The muscle tone of his four limbs was
higher than normal. He couldn't cooperate with the examination of muscle
strength. He could turn head in horizontal position. He had difficulty with
raising head. He suffered from trunk rotating and trunk spasm. Both lower limbs
had no activity. Sometimes, he had involuntary grasp. He couldn't turn over,
sit-up, stand or walk. The patient suffered from flat foot. Both lower limbs had
activity. With some assistance, the patient could stand, but both feet couldn't
touch the floor. And both his lower limbs presented with scissors gait. The
tendon reflex of his four limbs were not elicited (for the muscle tone was
higher than normal). The abdominal reflexes were normal. Bilateral sucking
reflex was negative. The Babinski sign was negative. He had difficulty with the
examination of sensory system and coordinate movement. There was no meningeal
irritation.
Treatment spastic cerebral palsy with stem cells:
The patient received treatment for nerve regeneration and to activate stem
cells in vivo. He was given treatment to improve the blood circulation in order
to increase the blood supply to the damaged nerves and nourishment for the
neurons. This was combined with daily physical rehabilitation therapy.
Post-treatment:
The patient's height: 76cm. He cries less. The muscle tone of his whole body
has reduced. The trunk rotating and trunk spasm is alleviated obviously. The
grasp ability of both hands have improved. The muscle strength of both upper
limbs, lower back and both lower limbs have improved. With some assistance, the
patient can stand with both feet touching floor. With some assistance, the
scissors gait is alleviated when he walks. With slight assistance, the patient
can turn over.
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