Posted: 01/14/06 - 01:00 Post subject: Water In Baby's Brain
My daughter is 25 and recently she gave birth to a baby. We were all shocked when we saw that the baby was hydrocephalus, that it had water in brain. Since I don’t know much about this condition, I would appreciate if someone would give me more information. What is the most important thing that we need to know about this condition?
Sorry to hear about your daughters baby. I hope that I will help in some way by giving the information you want. Hydrocephalus is an accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid in the ventricles of the brain. This leads to their enlargement and swelling. Cerebrospinal fluid is formed in a region of the brain known as the choroid plexus and it usually circulates through channels of the brain known as ventricles. Also, it flows around the outside of the brain and through the spinal canal. The volume of fluid in the brain becomes higher than normal when the circulation or absorption of this fluid is blocked. This also happens when excessive fluid is produced. This accumulation of fluid puts pressure on the brain. It forces brain against the skull and this leads to damaging or destroying the tissues. Symptoms of hydrocephalus vary depending on the cause of the obstruction to cerebrospinal fluid circulation and on the extent of damage to brain tissue caused by the swelling.
Posted: 01/21/07 - 09:01 Post subject: hyldrocephalus
hi, i am very sorry to hear about the baby. i would like to inforn you that my son also had it but he wasnt diagnosed until he was 6 mths old. please if by some chance the baby starts having seizures do to this have them give him VIGABATRIN. its a little expensive and you have to get it from cananda, but it was a miracle drug for my son, he suffered from seizures for 1 year and was on 20 meds and then the doctor gave him vigabatrin and no more seizures. please keep that in mind and let me know your babies name so i can pray for him or her. thanks..
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