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Symptoms of Hydrocephalus

When the condition is congenital the pressure from accumulated fluid expands the babies skull, sometimes greatly because the bones are not rigid. This causes a typical appearance of an abnormally large vault to the skull.

There may also be: Irritability; An inability to look upwards; Restricted eye movements; Loss of appetite; Vomiting; Seizures; A decreased level of consciousness and without treatment to death.

When the condition occurs in older children and adults it leads to headache, vomiting and damage to the cranial nerve function, including even blindness.

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