IS YOUR CHILDS HEAD TOO BIG

If your child's head is usually big or you have noticed a rapid increase in the size he/she might be suffering from a condition called Hydrocephalus,which affects about one of 500 children in the world.Hydrocephalus is caused by too much fluid in the brain.Normally,the fluid bother the surfces of the brain this formed within the hollow placess in the brain which also act as a storage chamber and then arbsorbed in the blood.This complecation usually results from reduced absorption as the extra fluid.Thsi complecation usually results from reduced absorption as the extra fluid expands the hollow spaces(ventricles)and enlargement of the head answer.
This complecation may be present at birth and also it can occur later in the child.

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