Congenital Hydrocephalus Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
What is congenital hydrocephalus?
How is congenital hydrocephalus diagnosed?
Your doctor may suspect that your baby has congenital hydrocephalus if your baby's head is larger than normal. Your doctor can check for the problem during a physical exam soon after birth.
Congenital hydrocephalus is already present at birth. It can be due to genetic predisposition or environmental factors such as infections and prenatal hemorrhaging, or bleeding in the fetus, during fetal development.
Congenital hydrocephalus
While there is no known, single cause for congenital hydrocephalus, some evidence has emerged that suggests it: ...
Congenital hydrocephalus
Congenital hydrocephalus is present in babies when they're born and can be caused by birth defects, such as spina bifida, or as a result of an infection that the mother develops during pregnancy, ...
The diagnosis of congenital hydrocephalus may be made at birth and after diagnostic testing. During the examination, the physician obtains a complete prenatal and birth history of the baby.
Hydrocephalus and congenital hydrocephalus facts
Hydrocephalus is the buildup of too much cerebrospinal fluid in the brain. Normally, this fluid cushions your brain. When you have too much, though, it puts harmful pressure on your brain.
Congenital hydrocephalus is present at birth and may be caused by genetic abnormalities or developmental disorders such as spina bifida and encephalocele.
For congenital hydrocephalus, the causes may be genetic disposition or a developmental problem.
Your doctor may diagnose congenital hydrocephalus in your unborn child during a routine prenatal ultrasound, or the condition may be discovered during infancy or early childhood, when the head is regularly measured as part of growth monitoring.
Head size and shape are inspected to detect congenital hydrocephalus.
Numerous genetic syndromes cause craniofacial abnormalities (see Congenital Craniofacial and Musculoskeletal Abnormalities: Craniofacial Abnormalities).
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Who gets Hydrocephalus?
The incidence of congenital hydrocephalus is approximately 3 for every 1000 live births.
 See also: Hydrocephalus, Symptom, Vomiting, Bleeding, Spina Bifida
  
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