Baby's Health

Canada
January 21, 2007 12:12am CST
I have heard that this is common.. my son has hydrocephalus which is water on the brain. He has a shunt since he was a month old. Has anyone else had a child or someone they know have a disablity with this?
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lonewolfnan
@lonewolfnan (4366)
• Canada
29 Jan 07
I have not heard of this problem before.What affects could it have on your child's health?How does it occur and if treatment is right,will your son make a full recovery?
funkygal14
@funkygal14 (53)
• Canada
1 Feb 07
Well this condition is in the brain where the spinal fluid doesn't drain from the brain. Sometimes they don't know how it is caused. 2 in every 1000 births will a baby be born with hydrocephalus. The treatment to my son's hydrocephalus is that he had a shunt (which is a tube they put in his brain to drain the fluid down to his abdomen) The affects this condition it could have on my son is he can develop seziures, mental problems, everything else I won't know until he gets older. I don't know if he will ever make a full reconvery but he is doing everything that a 11 1/2 month old should be doing.
vanities
@vanities (11395)
• Davao, Philippines
21 Jan 07
i feel sad about your son's illness..and it needs prayer more for early recovery with the help of the expertise of the doctor ... i dont know anyone having that illness in their child..