Patient's question:
We noticed that the child's head seemed slightly larger than that of other children, not just a little, and he always cried. Taking him to the doctor for a check-up, we found out it was hydrocephalus. We were really scared to hear that at such a young age, how could he have hydrocephalus? What factors cause pediatric hydrocephalus?Doctor's answer:
Hydrocephalus in children is a disease that causes the expansion of the skull and brain dysfunction due to the recurrence of cerebrospinal fluid circulation and increased intracranial pressure. Due to factors such as brain malformations, infections, bleeding, tumors, etc., the symptoms of the disease vary with the age of onset in children. The main symptoms include irritability, developmental delay, headache, nausea, poor appetite, and epilepsy. Physical signs include reduced head circumference, high fontanelle tension, difficulty in upward gaze, papilledema, and abducens nerve palsy.