What is cranostenosis?
Cranostenosis can be known to its more common name cranosynosnostosis. It is a condition that affects fruits or very young children. As most people know, the heads of children are soft and accumulated to go through the birth canal and hold the growing brain. This is achieved by a fibrous material called stitches between each of the five bones on the head. These stitches were not to be fully closed for a few years. When they close soon and create a Mishapene head and other symptoms, it is called cranostenosis.
Sometimes cranostenosis happens in the uterus and at other times it can happen in the early stages of the life of an infant. This condition may be genetic, but it is not always. Other things, such as the use of thyroid drugs, methotrexate or smoking of mothers, could also play a role. Thus, cranostenosis can not only affect the shape of the head, but can affect the function of the brain if the brain pushes against an unforgivable surface. In addition to the harmlessness of the head and depending on how the stitches can close, some children have fromHorse function, development delay, seizures, sleep apnea, impact on vision ability, constant vomiting and irritability (usually due to severe headaches).
It is not always possible to diagnose cranostenosis at birth. Most children born vaginally may first have peculiarities in the shape of a head, especially if they spent some time in the birth canal. People should not panic if a child is born with a cone's head or other wounds or unusual shapes. However, if a child has not obtained a round infant head after a few weeks, this can be mentioned by a doctor. Moreover, cranostenosis does not always happen before or on Birth, and may occur several months after the line.
If the child has cranostenosis, the common methods of solving the problem are to perform surgery. Doctors prefer to do it early and many children can undergo surgery within a month or two diagnoses. Doctors performing these operations are usually pediatric neurosurgeons or craniophacial surgeons and some families may need to travel elsewhere to a larger (tertiary) hospital to get to these specialists.
Children will need monitoring after surgery and sometimes surgeons suggest that they use the helmet to protect their fragile heads. If the next stitch began to close prematurely, more than one surgery may be needed. However, many children need only one and can do very well after recovery.