Influencia del espacio sensorial para la estimulación de un paciente del género femenino de cinco años de edad diagnosticado con microcefalia

Abstract

The decrease in the size of the head circumference or microcephaly, is one of the alterations that occur due to inadequate cranial growth or the central nervous system, which can occur due to congenital factors in prenatal patients, as well as in postnatal stages. Detection can be done by structural ultrasound between 18 to 24 weeks of gestation, or with fetal magnetic resonance imaging to assess for alterations in brain development. This case study aims to establish Early Stimulation Therapies for a patient diagnosed with this disease at an early age. The Research Patient Line is comprehensive care for people with special abilities, with impairment of their neuropsychomotor development. An evaluation of each clinical history of the Health Center where she was treated is carried out, and the different complications of neurodevelopment and intellectual disability are analyzed, as well as ophthalmological problems, among others, to suggest the best treatment from the critical points. identified. The improvement opportunities that are worked on in this research are related to the senses of touch, Hearing, Visual, Olfactory, Gustatory and Vestibular. The planning of early stimulation activities for the comprehensive development and improvement of patients with these characteristics can support an increased quality of life and their development in the different stages of life.