Stem Cells Can Help Cerebral Palsy?

Cerebral palsy (CP) comprises a group of disorders caused by brain damage during pregnancy, delivery or shortly after delivery. It is often accompanied by impaired movement, speaking, hearing, eyesight, lack of coordination and mental underdevelopment.

With the advancement of stem cell treatments in China now you have a novel treatment option for cerebral palsy. Unlike the currently available conventional treatments, our stem cell regimen is different in the way that we target to repair the brain tissue damage itself and recover functions. Stem cell treatment focuses on the root of the problem and not just the symptoms.

Cell death occurs when cells are injured. However, these dead cells are surrounded by damaged and healthy cells. Stem cells have the potential to stimulate the healing of these injured cells by the secretion of cytokines, such as nerve growth factor to promote the body’s self-repair mechanism.

After treatment, depending on the type of CP 74.5% to 79.5% of children gained improvements in the following areas:
Significant decrease in abnormal muscle tone
Enhanced muscular strength
Improved motor function (such as posture stability, holding the neck in a vertical position, sitting, grasping hands, standing, walking, gait)
Better coordination
Increased appetite with weight gain
Language function and intelligence
Improved concentration skills, better memory
Decreased Strabismus

Normalized Salivation

CP patients with epilepsy are not eligible for the treatment. Since stem cell treatment increases the excitability of the brain cells to promote its repair may trigger the occurence of epilepsy. However, epilepsy patients who have controlled epilepsy for more than 6 months duration may be considered for stem cell transplantation.
Patients with hydrocephalus.
When intelligence is desired to be improved for patients with severe mental retardation but otherwise with fine motor skills the treatment did not proved to be effective so far. Therefore, we do not advocate stem cell therapy for this group.

The results are not clear in autistic or hyperactive children. The results are more pronounced in cases of coexistence of autism or hyperactivism with cerebral palsy or movement disorders.