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Enlarged head
An enlarged head is a clinical finding in which the head is larger than in a normal, healthy person.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
16 year experience in family medicine
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A 35-year old asked:
Does too much partying, drinking, not sleeping cause bigger enlarged heads.?
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A 46-year old asked:
Is it common to have hydrocephalus but have no other symptoms other than an enlarged head?
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A 32-year old asked:
Had hydrocephalus but shunted so why the enlarged head?
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A 42-year old asked:
Can unexplained enlarged head be caused by craniopharyngioma?
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A 41-year old asked:
A four year old child has no hair and an enlarged head. His facial features seem normal. What could this be?
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A 34-year old asked:
What did the tech mean when she said my baby had enlarged head on ultrasound? Doctor said nothing about it.
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A 32-year old female asked:
Should I be concerned about an enlarged pituitary if head pressure is my biggest complaint? Ironically stemming from ibs
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A 66-year old female asked:
Lymphadenopathy? CLL with enlarged lymph nodes head & neck, axillary, portal vein, 2 abdominal (based on CT). Most 9 cm. Left iliac vein is 1.5 cm.
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A female asked:
Early pregnancy or period symptoms? Dizziness from back of head, enlarged breasts not too sore, reduced appetite, vivid dreams, mild constant cramps lower pelvic, and light spotting 3 days before af.
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A 44-year old asked:
Can there be some connection with a slightly enlarged thyroid and a head cold?
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A 22-year old female asked:
22yr female. Dehydration/fine lines on lower eye lid(on the lid itself)I also have acne pimples&black heads plus enlarged pores will chemicalPeels fix?
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A 46-year old asked:
Is it possible that there is no visible head enlargement for a child with hydrocephalus?
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A 23-year old male asked:
I have a bone deformation in my head that grew over night, and it has been there for almost 5 years now, and i don't know what is it.
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A 21-year old female asked:
Feels like a egg on the side of my head I had it since I was younger but it grew a little bigger is it just the shape of my head or a tumor?
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A 37-year old female asked:
My 3 m.O daughter is 2' tall, 12 lb. Her head is only 15" (9%). What freaks me out is that she had 15.16" at 2 months check up. Her head grew smaller?
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A 31-year old female asked:
I have had a subcutaneous bump on the top of my head for 5+ years. This has never caused discomfort, but it grew in size. It was disregarded by my dr ?
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A 20-year old female asked:
I have these two hard painless lumps on my head they have been there for almost 2 years now and they wont pop and they grew a bigger?
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A 33-year old female asked:
My 5 month old head grew 1.5cm in two months (3-5 mon). I read it should grow 1cm/mon.He was above 95th, now is a little below that. Is it a problem?
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A 32-year old female asked:
Right occipital LN enlarged. Stationary, but squishy. Disappears when I move my head or press on it. started to go away now it is enlarged again 4 wk?
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A female asked:
What is new enlargement of the pancreatic head with indistinctness of the pancreatic parenchyma?
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A 33-year old female asked about a male:
My son is 5 month and 3 week s old his head circumfrence is 41.6 CM only since his 4 month check his head circumfrence grew only 1.1 CM is it normal?
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A female asked:
My nephew has an enlarged lump on the left side of his neck toward the back of his head .what could this be?
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A 34-year old asked:
Can it be possible that there is no visible head enlargement for a 1-yr-old child diagnosed with hydrocephalus?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Pea sized movable node felt on side of neck if i turn my head a certain way.is this considered enlarged? No other symptoms
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A 33-year old male asked:
My baby head circumference grew 2 CM in two month from 38 CM when born to 40 CM in two months. Is that ok? Doctor says normal
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A 29-year old male asked:
I had an deep abrasion on my head and when the skin grew back the skin is a bit rough and the complexion doesn't match, can I send a pic?
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A 19-year old male asked:
My pancreatict duct was 6mm dilated with abrupt cut in head NOW its 2.7mm it means i have cured frm chro.pancreatitis.idiopathic.CAN DUCT AGIN ENLARGE?
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A 21-year old male asked:
I am 21, during penis erection my foreskin doesn't come out completely and when it comes down, head of my penis get enlarged than normal.Need guidance?
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A 29-year old male asked:
Hi, in the past few day a big bump grew in the back of my head hurts n the right side. I don't feel pain or onything. It's just big bump & when I touc?
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A 22-year old male asked:
Is it normal to get light headed when raising Ur head fast? Or could this be linked to lyphoma. I have a couple of enlarged lymoh nodes and I'm worried incase this is a symptom of lyohoma. The lyph nodes have also not changed in 2 years and are small?
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