Nine month baby hydrocephalus symptoms?

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Hydrocephalus refers to the excessive amount of cerebrospinal fluid, resulting in excessive pressure in the brain. The amount of cerebrospinal fluid exceeds the original area in the brain, resulting in secondary intracranial pressure increase and ventricular enlargement. If the child suffers from this disease, it is caused by congenital malformation and infection. Nine month old baby's hydrocephalus? Next, I'd like to share my views with you.

Nine month baby hydrocephalus symptoms?

The main feature is that the head circumference is gradually increased, which is not proportional to the development of the whole body. Generally, it is gradually found in 3-5 months. In the first six months, the head circumference of normal infants increased by 1.2-1.3cm per month, which was 2-3 times of that of normal infants.

After the increase of head circumference, the face is relatively small, the forehead protrudes forward, the head is round, the scalp becomes tight and thin, the two eyeballs turn or strabismus or tremor, the fontanel (including the anterior fontanel and posterior fontanel) is open, and the skull suture is separated. Skull thinning. Even transparent. Percussion can appear broken pot sound "(similar to the sound of ripe watermelon). The temporal and frontal region showed distended veins, eyeball downward rotation, and the upper sclera was often exposed (Sunset).

Mental depression, head can not be raised, severe cases can be accompanied by brain dysfunction, manifested as epilepsy, visual and olfactory disorders, nystagmus, strabismus, limb paralysis and intellectual impairment. As the baby's head is compensatory enlargement, the sick baby may have frequent vomiting, restlessness and poor eating.

matters needing attention

Because obvious hydrocephalus can be detected by B-ultrasound at 12-18 weeks of pregnancy, it is necessary to strengthen the application of B-ultrasound in prenatal diagnosis and terminate pregnancy as soon as possible. According to the relevant data, the risk of fetal hydrocephalus can be increased due to the increase of the number of births. The incidence of hydrocephalus increased significantly in more than two pregnancies. Therefore, one of the ways to prevent hydrocephalus is to publicize eugenics knowledge and reduce parity.