{"id":3328,"date":"2020-05-05T13:58:10","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T13:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/balfronhssupport\/?page_id=3328"},"modified":"2020-05-05T14:05:10","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T14:05:10","slug":"types-of-spina-bifida","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/balfronhssupport\/types-of-spina-bifida\/","title":{"rendered":"Types of Spina Bifida?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Types of spina bifida<\/h2>\n<p>There are several different types of spina bifida, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>myelomeningocele\u00a0\u2013 the most severe type of spina bifida; the baby&#8217;s spinal canal remains open along several vertebrae in the back, allowing the spinal cord and protective membranes around it to push out and form a sac\u00a0in the baby&#8217;s back<\/li>\n<li>meningocele\u00a0\u2013 another serious type of\u00a0spina bifida where the protective membranes around the spinal cord (meninges) push out through the spine; the spinal cord usually develops normally so surgery can often be used to remove the membranes without damaging the nerves<\/li>\n<li>spina bifida occulta\u00a0\u2013\u00a0the most common and mildest type of spina bifida; 1 or more vertebrae does not form properly, but the gap in the spine is very small;\u00a0spina bifida occulta does not usually cause any problems and most people are unaware they have it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These pages focus on myelomeningocele, the most severe type of spina bifida,\u00a0and this is the type usually referred to whenever the term spina bifida is used.<\/p>\n<p>Shine is a charity that provides help and support for people affected by spina bifida.<\/p>\n<p>Their website has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shinecharity.org.uk\/spina-bifida\/types-of-spina-bifida\">more information about the other types of spina bifida<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Types of spina bifida There are several different types of spina bifida, including: myelomeningocele\u00a0\u2013 the most severe type of spina bifida; the baby&#8217;s spinal canal remains open along several vertebrae in the back, allowing the spinal cord and protective membranes around it to push out and form a sac\u00a0in the baby&#8217;s back meningocele\u00a0\u2013 another serious &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/balfronhssupport\/types-of-spina-bifida\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Types of Spina Bifida?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4400,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3328","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/balfronhssupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/balfronhssupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/balfronhssupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/balfronhssupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4400"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/balfronhssupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3328"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/balfronhssupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3346,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/balfronhssupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3328\/revisions\/3346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/balfronhssupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}