| About 90 percent of children with the most severe form of spina bifida develop hydrocephalus, or fluid on the brain. |
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| I am a full time wheelchair user with spina bifida and also have emphysema and osteoporosis. |
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| In this time he has taught paraplegics, quadriplegics, persons with cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, spina bifida, and others. |
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| Women with epilepsy who have taken the drug valproic acid to control seizures may have an increased risk of having a baby with spina bifida. |
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| When women take the decision to end a pregnancy affected by Down's syndrome or spina bifida they are making a personal or individual choice. |
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| It can result in spina bifida, where the bones of the spine do not completely enclose the spinal cord. |
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| The council was branded heartless at the time because Kay suffers from spina bifida and Pearson is a chronic asthmatic. |
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| Ultrasound can be used to diagnose certain congenital defects such as spina bifida. |
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| Exposure to amniotic fluid may damage the neural tissue in cases of spina bifida and cause subsequent paralysis and hydrocephalus. |
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| He reminds me that, already, few doctors struggle to save anencephalic babies or those with spina bifida. |
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| About 80 percent of spina bifida cysts are in the lower back's lumbar and sacral regions. |
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| It can uncover 90 percent of anencephalic pregnancies and 80 percent of spina bifida cases. |
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| She has spina bifida, a birth defect in which the spinal column fails to completely close. |
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| These conditions include stroke, multiple sclerosis, spina bifida, epilepsy, hydrocephalus and many other conditions. |
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| This is a very important charity which treats children with serious illnesses such as cancer, leukaemia, spina bifida and cystic fibrosis. |
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| If a child is born with spina bifida or pyloric stenosis, the surgical needs of the infant may overshadow all other concerns. |
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| Often called open spine, spina bifida affects the backbone and, sometimes, the spinal cord. |
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| It was nerve-racking when they were checking the scans for spina bifida, club foot and hare lip. |
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| The child, who suffered from spina bifida and water on the brain, was found unconscious with bruises to the head. |
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| My daughter and son have spina bifida, a birth defect in which the spinal cord and vertebral column fail to form properly. |
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| She was a smart and bright-eyed 10-year-old who had spina bifida and other serious health conditions. |
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| Our youngest referrals have been unborn children diagnosed with medical conditions: three with Down Syndrome, and a fourth with spina bifida. |
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| Children with spina bifida sometimes have a form of clubfoot. |
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| It is more common in people who have Down syndrome, achondroplasia, Hunter syndrome, Hurler syndrome, Sanfilippo syndrome, spina bifida, and Arnold-Chiari malformation. |
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| Failure of closure typically at the cranial end of the neural tube results in anencephaly, or at the caudal neuropore end, in spina bifida. |
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| The most common neural tube defects diagnosed at birth are spina bifida and anencephaly. |
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| The birth prevalence of both anencephaly and spina bifida has decreased over the past decade. |
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| Two common types of open neural tube defects are anencephaly and spina bifida. |
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| Other bionic devices on the horizon include implantable monitors that will track pressure in the brains of spina bifida patients who require fluid-draining shunts. |
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| Ultrasound scanning is combined with a number of blood tests spread over a few weeks to look for conditions such as spina bifida and Down's syndrome. |
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| In severe cases of spina bifida, the spinal cord protrudes through the back and may be covered only by skin or a thin membrane. |
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| Children with spina bifida can also have severe learning disabilities. |
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| Folic acid's impact on reducing the rate of neural tube defects such as spina bifida is well known. |
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| Students with spina bifida need positive social interactions as much as other students. |
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| We noticed also that the rate of infants and children with neural tube defects like spina bifida was about 10 or 15 times what would have been expected in the normal population. |
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| Common types are spina bifida, anencephaly, and encephalocele. |
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| The chemical defoliant used by the Americans during the Vietnam war is blamed for a slew of debilitating conditions, including cancers, birth defects and spina bifida. |
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| Nagging injury: I have a birth defect in my back, spina bifida. |
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| There is little doubt that taking folic acid tablets in early pregnancy helps to prevent severe neural tube defects, such as spina bifida and anencephaly, a lack of brain growth. |
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| Neural tube defects are birth defects that range from spina bifida, a generally survivable but crippling disease, to the generally fatal anencephaly and encephalocele, in which the skull and brain do not develop properly. |
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| Other examples are genetically caused abnormalities such as harelip and cleft palate, which occur more frequently in men than in women, and spina bifida, which has a higher incidence in female fetuses. |
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| In open spina bifida, the most common presentation is a cystic tumor in the lumbosacral region, containing cerebrospinal fluid and some times neural content covered by meninges. |
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| Folic acid is a B vitamin that lowers the risk of spina bifida and other neural tube birth defects. |
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| Today, she leads a girls' group for spina bifida. |
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| However, what we did know then was that there were a significant number of youngsters being born with spina bifida and other kinds of neural tube defects. |
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| Treatment for spina bifida involves surgery and physiotherapy. |
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| At the present time, the specific cause of spina bifida is not known. |
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| Mrs Scott-Boden, of Yowley Road, suffers from spina bifida and needs the wheelchair to lead a normal life. |
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| However, doctors assert that the boy is suffering from meningocele, a form of spina bifida, where the spinal cord develops abnormally. |
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| Typical patients who benefit from an orthosis include those with spina bifida or cerebral palsy, or with a spinal cord injury or stroke. |
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| The relevant literature documenting anaesthetic management of labor pain in patients with spina bifida is limited to several case reports and a small case series. |
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| Other studies have linked THM to bladder or colonorectal cancer, and to a birth defect called spina bifida, in which the spinal cord is not properly enclosed by bone. |
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| When most physicians and patients hear about folic acid, they automatically think about its role in preventing spina bifida and other neural tube defects. |
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| He was a founder member of many scientific establishments, including the Paediatric Pathology Society and the Society for Research into Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida. |
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| Where the condition does not involve this protrusion it is known as Spina bifida occulta. |
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| Spina bifida is a developmental congenital disorder caused by the incomplete closing of the embryonic neural tube. |
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| Sometimes the spinal meninges and also the spinal cord can protrude through this, and this is called Spina bifida cystica. |
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