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Can surgery help children with microcephaly?
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Nope: The ''cause'' is a terribly small brain. If pregnant, peek . Safe & relieving.
Answered 5/11/2016
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No: This is a congenital anomaly in which the head and brain are too small. There is no surgical repair.
Answered 5/1/2016
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Microcephaly = small: head, head circumference for age & gender less than 5th %ile. Head growth reflects brain growth. Any genetic or other medical condition that disrupts fetal brain development from 3 wks. after conception- term can cause congenital microcephaly. Any medical condition that damages an infant or child's brain or genetic cause of degeneration or slow velocity of growth can cause acquired microcephaly.
Answered 5/1/2016
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