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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];
Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun M.D., PhD.,Kalsang Dolma, M.B.B.S.[2]
Overview
Symtoms of hydrocephalus are mainly due to increased intracranial pressure and depend on age, severity and cause.
History & Symptoms
Symptoms of hydrocephalus due to increased intracranial pressure may include:
Symptoms of Hydrocephalus can vary from person to person and usually depend on age, severity, and cause.
Infants:
- Bulging soft spot (fontanelle)
- Larger than normal head size
- Seizures
- Vomiting
- Constant tiredness
- Irritability
- Gaps between skull bones
- Eyes that are constantly looking down
Older children:
- Headache
- Irritability
- Tantrums
- Constant tiredness
- Shrill cries
- Changes in ability to think or act
- Personality changes
- Uncontrollable eye movements
- Changes in eye shape
- Double vision
- Changes in appearance of facial features or shape
- Trouble coordinating motor movements
- Difficulty walking
- Slowed growth
- Trouble eating
- Muscle spasms
- Loss of bladder control
- Nausea
The triad (Hakim triad) of gait instability, urinary incontinence and dementia is a relatively typical manifestation of the distinct entity normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH). The triad can easily be remembered as "Wacky, Wet, and Wobbly!"