Botox helps children with cerebral palsy

A BRITISH medical expert is teaching Irish doctors to use Botox to help children with cerebral palsy.

Botox is used by cosmetic surgeons to smooth out wrinkles but a more purified form of the botulism toxin A is now being successfully used to relieve cerebral palsy by reducing tightness in the muscles.

Dr Irene van der Ploeg from University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire spoke of the benefits of Botox at major conference in Dublin last week.