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![]() ![]() If your child has certain types of craniosynostosis, surgery cannot always fully correct the shape of their head and they may need ongoing care. These may be every few weeks at first but will become less frequent as they get older. Your child will have regular check-ups to see how they're doing. They may have a scar across the top of their head if they had surgery, but this will be hidden by their hair. Most children do not have any lasting health problems. Your child may need to stay in hospital for up to a week afterwards. It's done under general anaesthetic (they're asleep). Surgery usually involves making a cut across the top of your child's head, removing and reshaping the affected parts of their skull, and then fixing them back in place. I was diagnosed with celiac disease about 10 years ago. Wondering if this is possibly scleroderma. Some basic internet searching brought me here. I have noticed a vertical linear dent forming in my forehead over my eyebrow into my hairline. it's also affecting their face and causing problems like breathing difficulties Hi, and thanks in advance for allowing me to intrude on your support forum.your child has symptoms caused by pressure on their brain, such as headaches.it's likely to affect how your child's brain grows or lead to problems like low self-esteem as they get older.Your child may just have regular check-ups to monitor it. Treatment for craniosynostosisĬraniosynostosis does not always need to be treated. The charity Headlines has more information about the main syndromes linked to syndromic synostosis. Table describing 5 different types of craniosynostosis and how they affect the head TypeĪffects the top of the head, causing it to become long and narrowĪffects the side of the head, causing the forehead to be flattened on one sideĪffects the forehead, causing it to become pointy or triangularĪffects the back of the head, causing it to become flattened on 1 sideĪffects more than 1 part of the head and can affect other parts of the body caused by an underlying genetic condition (syndrome) ![]()
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