Children with high muscle tone will benefit greatly from physical and occupational therapy to stretch affected muscles and strengthen opposing muscles which then improves overall functioning. Compensation strategies to work with an affected limb can also be taught as the child ages.
Ischemia, the noun for ischemic, means a low oxygen state due to inadequate blood flow. Bowel refers to the small and large intestine. Ischemic bowel disease results from inadequate flow of oxygenated blood to the intestines. The extent of ischemic bowel disease can range from mild to severe based on the amount of damage from lack of oxygenated blood. This is a potentially serious condition and requires care from your doctor.
Focal ischemia or cerebral infarction is the condition or state in which a specific area of brain tissue undergoes injury as a consequence of a temporary or permanent obstruction of local blood supply. Focal ischemia results in death of both neurons and nonneuronal cells in contiguous areas of brain, usually representing a single vascular territory.