Microcephaly
Is a neurodevelopmental disorder with a head circumference more than 2-3 standard deviations below the mean for age & gender. It may be congenital or develops in the first few years of life. It stems from wide variety of conditions that cause abnormal brain growth, or from syndromes associated with chromosomal abnormalities. Life expectancy is reduced, depending on presence of other abnormalities.
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What are the different types of microcephaly?
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What is the definition or description of: microcephaly?
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What is the IQ of someone with microcephaly?
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Can surgery help children with microcephaly?
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Baby's head measuring 1 week behind microcephaly?
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If a girl has microcephaly, how will she look in future?
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What is the life expectancy of someone with microcephaly?
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What is the life expectancy of a person with microcephaly?
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Is it true that surgery can help a child with microcephaly?
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A 40-year old asked:
I think I have microcephaly because my head is small. What are the symptoms?
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Do you know the pathophysiology of microcephaly?
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What is the normal head circumference for a 4years old microcephaly?
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A 36-year old asked:
A 16 old girl has microcephaly.She looks normal now and is smart, but will she look out of proportion in future?
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A 58-year old female asked:
My four months old son has head circumference of 10 percent. Should I be worried about microcephaly? Dr thinks he is fine..
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A 25-year old female asked:
Does having a small head with normal intelligence means Microcephaly? If it is microcephaly will my children also have small heads?
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Is the best treatment of microcephaly in homeopathic medicines?
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A 34-year old asked:
Does anyone have any information on the genetic disorder microcephaly?
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A 26-year old male asked:
What happens if a prenatal ultrasound finds microcephaly, with Zika going around?
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A 26-year old female asked:
Any physical therapy for a microcephaly child?how there lives can be improved?any treatment for them?send me some video for physical therapy
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A 29-year old female asked:
My 5.5months old baby had hie when born. His head circumference is always in 25th percentile, are there any chances for him to develope microcephaly?
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A 39-year old female asked:
Microcephaly: born at 35wk, is 10mos now. Hgt, wgt 10th, head 2nd percentile, all since birth. Can he catch up? Any issues if he remains on this curve
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A 34-year old asked:
Can a child with microcephaly have surgery to open up the skull and give the brain more room?
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Can a child with microcephaly have surgery to open up the skull and give the brain more room to grow to its normal size?
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A 34-year old male asked:
Baby's head growth is 2 weeks behind the rest of the body (week 32 of Pregnancy). What's the number of weeks threshold for a risk of Microcephaly? is it 6 to 10 weeks behind or should we consider two weeks behind as a an indication to Microcephaly ?
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Growth us at 39 wks- baby head is 17th Percentile-tech said hard to get a good read-head so low doc not worried/said baby is healthy. EFW 75th percentile at 8.4 lbs-head is 17th/ why? Microcephaly? What is the % to diagnose microcephaly? Im scared?
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A 34-year old female asked:
I read that there was 1 case of Zika virus (spread from mosquitos) in Puerto Rico as of 1/1/16 and there "may" be a link between the zika virus and microcephaly in newborns. (Sharp increase in both in Brazil in one year) I got bit about 20 times over a 10
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Some adults talked about their own microcephaly in the news. Do you think new Zika microcephaly causes different brain damage compared to past causes?
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A 33-year old female asked:
My daughter has de moriers syndrome, microcephaly, polymicrogyria and epilepsy.De moriers syndrome doctor told us it was a empty mass like hole on brain?
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OB/GYN 32 weeks 5 days scan, foetus GA is as follows; BPD: 82.6 mm GA: 33W 2d HC: 278.6 mm GA: 30w3d AC: 263.1mm GA: 30w 3d FL: 65.0mm GA: 33w 4d Gest. Age: 32w 0d EFW: 1807 g Does my baby have a small head? Could this indicate Microcephaly?
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Is microcephayl a mental disease?
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