Patient's question:
Sometimes there might be some uncomfortable feelings, not knowing how serious it is. Sometimes there may be a staring paralysis. I'm so afraid it's hydrocephalus in children. Will it require surgery?Doctor's answer:
Hydrocephalus in children has various symptoms. We have collected all the symptoms of this disease, hoping it will be helpful to you: Compared to adults, the clinical manifestations of hydrocephalus in children vary depending on the age of onset. In infants with acute hydrocephalus, symptoms of intracranial hypertension are usually prominent, including bone fractures, bulging fontanelles, thinning scalp, clearly visible scalp veins, and irritability. When strong light is shone on the head, the skull will emit a glow. On the top of percussion instruments, a solid drum sound is called "cracked pot," known as Macewen's sign. The affected children are easily irritable, expressionless, have poor appetite, and continuously cry out loud, short, and abnormally. The two eyes are in a downward gaze state, and the upper eyelids do not accompany drooping.