Symptoms of skull fracture in infants

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Skull fracture is very troublesome and harmful, especially for babies who are younger and don't know how to protect themselves. Especially in the stage of learning to walk, they are prone to fall down and have a higher risk of suffering from skull fracture. If they don't deal with it in time, they may have cerebrospinal fluid retention. The following article is, Baby skull fracture symptoms to tell you.

Symptoms of skull fracture in infants

Baby skull fracture refers to the change of skull structure caused by violence. Baby skull fracture of the injured, not necessarily with serious brain injury; Those who do not have a baby's skull fracture may have severe brain damage.

After all, the presence of skull fractures suggests that the injured are more violent and have a higher risk of brain injury. Skull fractures are divided into skull cap and skull base fractures; According to the shape of fracture, it can be divided into linear fracture and concave fracture; According to whether the fracture is connected with the outside world, it can be divided into open fracture and closed fracture.

Open fractures and skull base fractures involving air sinus may be associated with osteomyelitis or intracranial infection. Most of the linear fractures in the skull base are skull cap fractures extending to the skull base, which can also be caused by indirect violence.

matters needing attention

1. The non-surgical method should be used as far as possible to reduce the depressed fracture of the newborn skull, that is, the suction device of the fetal head should be placed in the depressed part of the skull to reduce the depressed fracture by the negative pressure attraction. 2. Children's skull fracture has its remarkable particularity. The skull of infant is thin and soft, with fibrous septum, large elasticity and strong buffering force. Therefore, although the skull is depressed, it is not broken, and there is no fracture line, which is the so-called "Ping-Pong like" depressed fracture. Because of age and individual differences, the treatment of skull fracture in children also has great differences. 3. If there are no nervous system symptoms in infants with depressed fracture, they can be reset by themselves in the process of growth, generally without surgery.