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07-11-2011, 04:59 AM
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Re: Nurse With a Baby
Hydrocephalus is excess cerebral fluid on the brain. If anything that baby could have Spina Bifida. Babies born with this disability are born with a lump on their backs. The lump contains the nerve endings to the body below that point. There is also a gap in the spine. I know because I have this disability.
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02-26-2013, 01:27 AM
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Re: Nurse With a Baby
This is neither hydrocephalus nor spina bifida. It is a large encephalocele. Hydrocephalus is accumulation of fluid in the ventricles, and spina bifida is a defect of the lower spine that can cause hydrocephalus. The encephalocele is created when there is a hole in the skull itself, and brain tissue/fluid collects outside of the hole.
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