{"id":3329,"date":"2020-05-05T13:58:10","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T13:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/balfronhssupport\/?page_id=3329"},"modified":"2020-05-05T14:05:57","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T14:05:57","slug":"symptoms-of-spina-bifida","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/balfronhssupport\/symptoms-of-spina-bifida\/","title":{"rendered":"Symptoms of Spina Bifida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most people with spina bifida are able to have surgery to close the opening in the spine.<\/p>\n<p>But the nervous system will usually already have been damaged, which can lead to problems such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>weakness or total\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/paralysis\/\">paralysis<\/a>\u00a0of the legs<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/bowel-incontinence\/\">bowel incontinence<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/urinary-incontinence\/\">urinary incontinence<\/a><\/li>\n<li>loss of skin sensation in the legs and around the bottom\u00a0\u2013 the child is unable to feel hot or cold, which can lead to accidental injury<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Many babies will have or develop\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/hydrocephalus\/\">hydrocephalus<\/a>\u00a0(a build-up of fluid on the brain), which can further damage the brain.<\/p>\n<p>Most people with spina bifida have normal intelligence, but some have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/learning-disabilities\/\">learning difficulties<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/spina-bifida\/symptoms\/\">symptoms of spina bifida<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most people with spina bifida are able to have surgery to close the opening in the spine. But the nervous system will usually already have been damaged, which can lead to problems such as: weakness or total\u00a0paralysis\u00a0of the legs bowel incontinence\u00a0and\u00a0urinary incontinence loss of skin sensation in the legs and around the bottom\u00a0\u2013 the child &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/balfronhssupport\/symptoms-of-spina-bifida\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Symptoms 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-3329","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/balfronhssupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3329","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=3329"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/balfronhssupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3347,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/balfronhssupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3329\/revisions\/3347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/balfronhssupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}