What to do if your child has hydrocephalus

For parents, the most frightening thing is that their children will develop various serious diseases. Most of the time, hydrocephalus problems in children are congenital. When parents find that their children have corresponding symptoms of hydrocephalus, they must take their children to the hospital for a comprehensive examination. What should I do if my child is diagnosed with hydrocephalus?

What to do if your child has hydrocephalus?

1. For children, hydrocephalus is obviously a disease that needs to be treated as soon as possible. And the earlier the surgery is performed, the lower the chance of recurrence. Because hydrocephalus may cause a child's intellectual decline, drooling, mental retardation, etc. in the later stages. At present, my country has developed a wide variety of surgeries for hydrocephalus in young children, and takes different measures for children with different degrees of illness.

2. Since children with hydrocephalus already fall into the category of fetal malformation, if expectant mothers have prenatal checkups as scheduled, it should be possible to detect it as early as possible. Some fetuses with severe malformations may even require early induced labor due to lack of self-care ability.

3. After understanding their child’s illness, parents should be mentally prepared and not vent their negative emotions to their children. In addition, they should keep their children in a better mood so as not to affect their subsequent treatment. In addition, since lack of vitamin D may aggravate the child's condition, parents should pay attention to supplementing their children with vitamin D.

What is fetal hydrocephalus?

Hydrocephalus refers to the excessive accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid in the ventricular system, causing increased pressure within the ventricles. Hydrocephalus in children, or hydrocephalus in children. The symptoms vary with the age of the child, and are mainly manifested as irritability, developmental delay, headache, vomiting, drowsiness, epilepsy, etc. Physical signs include increased head circumference, high fontanelle tension, difficulty looking up, papilledema and abducens nerve palsy.