80% of the country's population has never encountered the term "macrocephaly".Under this word lies the disease, which is accompanied by a proportional increase in the size of both hemispheres of the brain without a headache.
The disease is two times less common than microcephaly, threatening a person with unpleasant consequences. The presence of this disease involves the suspension of the mental development of man.
Medical practice shows that this problem occurs even during the gestation of the mother of the fetus, but rare cases prove the possibility of the formation of this pathology in an adult. This disease is extremely rare, but its consequences can lead to death.
Contents
- True and false - close but different
- Pathogenesis and causes of anomaly
- Symptoms of violation
- Diagnosis and therapy methods
- What problems accompany the disease
- Forecasting is ungrateful
- For the prevention of
True and false is close but different
Anomaly has specificvarieties, given their doctors talk about the alleged causes of the disease.
If we talk about such a variety as true macrocephaly, then it develops from the moment of conception of the child. The disease is caused by a physical pathological condition, accompanied by the following symptoms:
- persistent headaches;
- fever, feverish condition;
- thinning of the skull bones;
- severe vomiting;
- sharp deterioration of vision.
False macrocephaly can occur in people of different age groups. If a person has experienced a strong nervous tension, faced with head injuries, had constant problems with the central nervous system.
Pathogenesis and causes of anomaly
The true cause of the development of pathological development of medicine is not yet known. The anomaly is divided into two types, the doctors consider possible causes of the formation of true or false macrocephaly separately.
In the first case, doctors consider this problem to be congenital, arguing that it is inherited from generation to generation. The second case is acquired afterwards injuries, nervous disorders, stresses, a problem that does not bring physical harm is purely psychological.
Causes of this type of pathology can be:
- hereditary predisposition;
- problems of a traumatic nature, head injuries;
- psychological disorders;
- is an autistic disease.
Among the causes of this condition are automatically listed such problems:
- Canavan disease;
- Harper Syndrome;
- hydrocephalus;
- experienced intracranial hemorrhage;
- Morino Syndrome.
Symptoms of a disorder
Macrocephaly can occur without any symptoms - this is the case when it is not true. 
True illness is always accompanied by strong, persistent headaches, increased intracranial pressure, intense heat, visible thinning of the skull.
The problem is constantly accompanied by a sharp mental retardation, nervous seizures.
If the problem is not innate, then its symptoms will be such problems as lag in intellectual, static development, the patient's constant nervous state, loss of balance, impaired vision.
Diagnosis and therapy methods
If a patient is suspected of having macrocephaly, a number of medical examinations must be performed, the first of which is the examination of the patient's skull.
Head sizes can deviate from the usual for a specific age by two standards. The patient must undergo a macromicroscopic examination.
CT and MRI of the brain will be performed. The measurements of the patient's growth are made and the ratio with the size of the head is established, if the proportionality is not standard for a particular age of the patient, there are reasons to suspect macrocephaly in the patient.
Macrocephaly is a disease that is not subject to complete cure. Doctors believe that if the disease is not congenital, it does not need any specific treatment, but in the presence of complications it is necessary.
The goal of doctors is to alleviate the condition of the patient - especially if it is a true disease. In this case, the patient needs to give drugs that reduce intracranial pressure, stop the proliferation of brain cells, reduce fever.
Congenital pathology can not be cured, but false macrocephaly should be treated depending on the problem that led to the disease. After a complete examination of the patient, the doctor must determine what caused this condition and work in this direction.
The main goal of doctors is to facilitate the patient's condition, exclude all harmful factors, including harmful habits.
The patient will also need constant psychological help. If the pathology was formed subsequently physical injuries, it is quite possible that it will be necessary to perform a surgical intervention.
What problems accompany the disease
True macrocephaly is always accompanied by a significant impairment of vision, a sharp decrease in mental, cognitive activity, seizures of the epileptic type.
False macrocephaly causes a person to face problems of mental development, physical discomfort, headaches.
Both types of diseases are accompanied by problems of the nervous system, which are observed due to an increase in brain volumes.
Prediction ungrateful
If we talk about true macrocephaly - the forecast is disappointing. After a persistent intracranial pressure, the 
process of hyperplasia of the nerve cells of the brain, constant heat, a lethal outcome most often occurs.
If the disease is a false character, the prognosis is more favorable, but mental development is affected, which can not be returned to normal.
Man all his life will have to live with problems of the intellectual plan and nervous tension. Drugs will be needed to lower intracranial pressure and nervous excitability.
If you completely protect yourself from stress factors, injuries, you can live a long and happy life. False macrocephaly is the process of growth of the neuroglia, it affects the process of mental development, nervous state, the quality of life deteriorates significantly, but there is no mortal danger.
For the prevention of
No one is immune from the disease, but you can minimize the possibility of its manifestation, you can do this as follows:
- complete rejection of bad habits;
- limitation to a minimum of nervous breakdowns, stressful situations;
- avoiding physical injuries, especially head injuries;
- constant examination with a neurologist.
It is especially important to monitor the condition of one's physical and nervous health to those who had similar problems in the family.
