Macbook Black A1181 screen on start up perfect, then with usage pixels fail along bottom of screen. How do I fix?

This Issue confuses me and I have moderate computer knowledge but very little LCD knowledge.
The Screen will start up just fine, and about 20-30 minutes into using the laptop the LCD shows what appears to be dead pixels by start meni Icons and the lower taskbar (based on windows). It used to be JUST the start menu button but has spread to the enture lower task bar like a disease. Am I looking at a screen swap out, a cord connected to the screen from the logic board, or a failing graphics card? Ideas and fixes? I assume it will eventually become unreadable if it spreads upward. Im usually ok with it but the bottom portion today was awful at one point so I thought I would jump on and ask some experts.
I do solder work so if it is something that bad, I can operate on it. I currently have the keyboard loose and macbook screws out so I can check any suggestions on hardware.
Help please.

Going to ask one more series here for me personally for reference sake.
Could you tell me the failure point of this hardware on the display, what lesser component is actually faulty on the LCD other than the whole LCD itself
What are actually the root causes/triggers of this type of failure besides usage (if any) and it is common?
Much appreciated

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