Q: congenital hydrocephalus of the main features of what?
A: As the brain caused by congenital abnormalities of the brain known as congenital hydrocephalus water. The formation of hydrocephalus may be due to the secretion of cerebrospinal fluid between the absorption and loss of balance, that is, cerebrospinal fluid or have too many obstacles to absorb. In addition, the cerebrospinal fluid circulation pathway obstruction caused by congenital hydrocephalus is also an important reason.
Congenital hydrocephalus are the main features of head circumference was increased to carry out. Head circumference at birth after more than a few weeks or months to start increasing as well as birth than normal. Head circumference increased, relatively small face, prominent forehead forward, thinning scalp tension, the two eyes, or strabismus, or turning tremor, fontanelle (including the skull before and after the top of head) to open, the separation of the skull bone joints. In severe cases, patients have frequent vomiting, irritability and poor eating. Early no effect on intelligence, advanced cases may appear dull expression, mental retardation, vision loss, paralysis of limbs. Finally, more as a result of malnutrition, bed sores and the occurrence of complications such as respiratory tract infections and deaths. A small number of cases of the disease on its own will to ease or stop the development.
