Patient's question:
My child has congenital hydrocephalus. The right brain is smaller than the left. The eyes squint and can move normally, and they eat well. They will never answer and don't understand others very well. I want to ask about the symptoms of hydrocephalus in a 5-year-old child?Doctor's answer:
Your hydrocephalus can be caused by a variety of different reasons. Common causes include intracranial inflammation, cerebral vascular malformations, brain trauma, various endogenous or exogenous neurotoxins, aspiration, water and electrolyte disorders, acidosis, liver and kidney failure, etc. All of these may be caused by the accumulation of fluid in the brain tissue through different mechanisms. The clinical manifestations are inconsistent. The main symptoms of hydrocephalus are related to the age of onset, the severity of the pathology, and the duration of the disease.