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Large head
Large heads are a clinical finding often caused by a larger brain, fluid in the brain, or larger bones.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
16 year experience in family medicine
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A 41-year old asked:
What causes an unusually large head?
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A 39-year old asked:
What could a large head measurement mean?
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Large head?
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A 24-year old asked:
I don't know what abnormally large head is but was embarassed to admit it. Can someone tell me?
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A 42-year old asked:
If a baby has a rather large head, would it be possible for their body grow for their head size?
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A 20-year old male asked:
Can a Thin Person have a Large Head , or does he need a smaller equal size head to adapt to his Body?
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A 34-year old asked:
Is it true that people with larger heads are more intelligent than others?
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A 42-year old asked:
Could use expert help with why taller people generally have a larger head?
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A 37-year old asked:
Why does dwarf have such a large head?
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A 49-year old asked:
What does it mean if the ultrasound shows a large head?
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A 47-year old asked:
I have a baby with an abnormally large head, cab I have natural birth?
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A 37-year old asked:
Large head measurement at ultrasound. Is that water head?
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A 35-year old asked:
My friend has an abnormally large head..Should I be jealous of his bigger brain?
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A 37-year old asked:
Had ob ultrasound. What could a large head measurement mean?
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A 30-year old female asked about a female:
17 wk old niece head circumference is on 99th percentile.50th percentile for height and weight. Is this a problem? Her mother has quite a large head.
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A 31-year old asked:
On fetal ultrasound what is an abnormally large head?
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A 64-year old male asked about a 34-year old female:
Maternal age 35 yrs. 36 weeks pregnant. Large head parameters within physiological range bpd 9.24. Single loop of cord around neck. ? El lscs or vd
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A 24-year old male asked:
I have what looks like a really large white head on my thigh. There's no mass underneath and only a slight amount of redness around the area.
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A 28-year old female asked:
I have a large mole on my back that has started to become more and more raised. It now has a large white head in the center. It is not painful?
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A 52-year old male asked:
Found a little red spot on side of tongue this am. Only one. Very small like a larger pin head. .. Just today. Should i worry? Maybe bit myself?
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A 29-year old female asked:
35w4d US shows baby's abdomen larger than head- est wt 6lb9oz. With strict diet will baby even out by 39 weeks for vag delivery? Well controlled GD.
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A 36-year old male asked:
I squeezed a large white head pimple/boil on my cheek perhaps too early and roughly skin is red discolored for 2 weeks. Why so long to go away?
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A 64-year old male asked about a 34-year old female:
Mother 37 weeks large fetal head within physiological limit , without having having diabetes or anamoly on 3d scan & head present.Be delivred by which?
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A 32-year old asked:
My 4 months old has hypotonia, wide bridge to nose, eyes wide set, large fore head. Pediatrician unsure but i think somethink genetic is wrong?
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A 47-year old asked:
What can I do about a large knot on head after car wreck 4 years ago?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Large cyst on head, had it checked out a few years ago, but it's grown since then....should I get it removed?
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A 36-year old asked:
Penis head larger than shaft. Will this make me better or worse at sex?
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A 48-year old female asked:
Small red itchy bump came up then got larger developed white head then bright red and painful. Got black crus.Then several more came up in same area.
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A 34-year old female asked:
What is the average head circumference for an adult? As a baby, I underwent a CT scan because my pediatrician thought I might have hydrocephalus, but it turned out I just had a larger than average head size?
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A 33-year old female asked:
I am losing large amounts of head hair, toenails falling off, many blood spots inside arms, fatigue and joint pain?
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