Patient's question:
Doctor, hello, since last week, some symptoms have appeared, staring paralysis, now I am very worried it is hydrocephalus in children, surgery cost?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 patient's 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 light. On the top of percussion instruments, a solid drum sound is called "cracked pot," known as the Macewen sign. Children with the disease are prone to irritability, apathy, poor appetite, and continuously high-pitched, short, and abnormal crying. Finally, wishing you good health.