Patient's question:
Please ask the doctor, please, the fontanelle is full before some symptoms appear, very worried it is infant hydrocephalus, is it treatable?Doctor's answer:
Treatment for congenital hydrocephalus can be divided into non-surgical and surgical approaches. Generally, mild hydrocephalus should first be treated with non-surgical methods, primarily through dehydration therapy and systemic supportive therapy. Surgical treatment is suitable for cases with high intraventricular pressure (exceeding 250 mm of water column) or those that fail to respond to non-surgical treatment. Severe hydrocephalus, such as cases with a head circumference exceeding 50 cm, cerebral cortex atrophy with a thickness of less than 1 cm, and those already combined with severe functional impairment and deformities, often have poor surgical outcomes. It is recommended to seek treatment at a children's hospital or a reputable public hospital, which is an authoritative pediatric hospital.