Hydrocephalus is the excess accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid, which circulates throughout the brain and spinal column and can cause significant damage and even death. It mostly affects children, although adults also can get hydrocephalus. Every year, thousands of babies worldwide die from untreated hydrocephalus. Neurosurgeons now have the skills and tools to deal with the condition very effectively. They have now suggested that no baby need die from this condition, once called 'water on the brain'....
Hydrocephalus is the excess accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid, which circulates throughout the brain and spinal column and can cause significant damage and even death. It mostly affects children, although adults also can get hydrocephalus. Every year, thousands of babies worldwide die from untreated hydrocephalus. Neurosurgeons now have the skills and tools to deal with the condition very effectively. They have now suggested that no baby need die from this condition, once called 'water on the brain'....