What are the treatments for brain cysts? Will it affect children's intelligence?

Cysts can appear on bone nerves, and the internal organs may also be affected by both, but people rarely consider that cysts can also appear in the brain. Brain cysts are commonly known as brain cysts, which can affect the neural development of the system. Patients have no symptoms at first, but as the body develops, the symptoms of the cysts will slowly begin to change. Severe cases can lead to developmental deformities, and the intelligence of the child will also be affected.

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Arachnoid cysts without mass effect or mass do not require treatment regardless of their size or location, but they should be followed up regularly. Surgical treatment is mostly used for patients with symptoms and cyst tension. Surgical methods include cyst-peritoneal shunt, endoscopic cyst drainage and cyst wall resection, and craniotomy to remove part of the cyst wall to connect the cyst to the surrounding brain cisterns.

Will brain cysts affect children's intelligence?

There is a ventricular system in the human brain. The inner membrane of the ventricular cavity is called the ependyma. The cyst that occurs under this membrane is called a subependymal cyst, and its incidence is not low in newborns.

Studies have confirmed that the vast majority of children with subependymal cysts may not have any symptoms. Most of their cysts are single and can usually be absorbed on their own within 3 months after the child is born.

Within 6 months after birth, these children lag slightly behind normal children in terms of intellectual development, height, weight and head circumference, but they can basically catch up around 1 year old.

Only a small number of newborns with varying degrees of congenital malformations may have their absorption time delayed to 6-9 months after birth, and their intellectual and physical development are significantly retarded.

Therefore, the prognosis for most children with cysts is good, but parents should not take it lightly. Instead, they should actively cooperate with doctors and take their children to the hospital regularly for follow-up cranial B-ultrasounds.