Hydrocephalus?

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Anyone have experience with this? Pediatrician is sending us to hospital today for a CT scan to check to see if my little man has this.

I am refusing to allow myself to google it.
 
Ask away! I am/was a nurse on a neurosurgical ward.
 
Sorry no chic...i've never come accross it !

Has the doctor not explained anything to you??

PS Hope all goes well xxxx
 
How serious is it? The doc didn't tell me anything other than that he wanted a CT scan done today before any of his shots. His head is off the charts for growth.
 
Happy to hear that they're looking into this for you. Hopefully after testing is done, your mind will be more at ease. Will be thinking of you today.
 
I am not sure how much you know? Don't want to sound patronising by giving a simplified explanation but basically its a build up of CSF (cerebral spinal fluid) in the brain. Usually the CSF drains away naturally but sometimes a blockage or damage can cause it to pool in the ventricles which expand and push the brain out towards the skull causing a pressure inside the head which 'can' cause seizures. Because a baby's skull has not fused it can cause a bulging of the head which is why your LO may have been referred. Some babies just have big heads though!!
Its serious as in the child/adult will require surgery to place something called a 'shunt' in which helps drain the CSF. There are other options but the shunt tends to be the most effective. Caught early there is every chance that the baby will have a completely normal life but with a few operations to replace the shunts as they often block. Some of my patients were men in their 80's who were having their shunt replaced.
 
hi, i dont know much about hydrocephalus itself but i just wanted to say my friend had it a few years ago now, she had the fluid drained and she lives a perfectly normal life no different than before she had it.. just wanted to tell you that :flower:
hope everything goes ok xx
 

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