Severe hydrocephalus?

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Some patients with hydrocephalus, daily life is very big, hydrocephalus patients should have regular physical examination, can choose to use surgical treatment to alleviate the disease, severe hydrocephalus patients with more serious symptoms, severe hydrocephalus symptoms? Next, I'd like to share my views with you.

Severe hydrocephalus?

The increase of head circumference is the most important manifestation. The increase of head circumference often appears in labor or shortly after delivery, and some of them are obviously larger than normal at birth. The increase of head circumference usually begins in a few weeks or months after birth. The increase of head circumference is not proportional to the development of the whole body, and the increase of head circumference is generally found by the parents 4-6 months after birth, which is the most obvious symptom of hydrocephalus.

The head weight of the patient was increased due to the increase of intracranial cerebrospinal fluid. So that the sick child can not support the weight of the head and the head droops. The anterior fontanelle was enlarged. The tension increased, and sometimes the posterior fontanel and lateral fontanel also enlarged. The patient's hair was sparse, scalp veins were distended, cranial suture was split, skull became thin, and forehead protruded forward. The orbital apex is compressed downward.

The eyeballs were pushed down, so that the sclera was exposed, and the head was enlarged, so that the face was relatively small. The two eyeballs turned down, and only the lower part of the eyeballs sank below the lower eyelids. This is one of the symptoms and signs of hydrocephalus. The first sign of improvement of hydrocephalus quiescence is also the beginning of improvement of ocular bulb sinking.

matters needing attention

According to the relevant data, the risk of fetal hydrocephalus can be increased due to the increase of the number of births of pregnant women, and the incidence of hydrocephalus in more than two births is significantly increased. Therefore, one of the ways to prevent hydrocephalus is to publicize the knowledge of eugenics and reduce the number of births.