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Abnormal skull shape
Abnormal skull shape is a symptom in which a child's head is unusually shaped, compared to heads of children with the same age or body size. Seriously abnormal head shapes are usually caused by early closure of one or more of the suture lines (growth lines) in between the skull bones of a baby.
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A 48-year old asked:
Would a x-ray or a cat-scan be used to determine an abnormal skull shape?
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A 33-year old asked:
Why is my newborn skull an abnormal shape?
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A 31-year old asked:
What if my older infant still has an unusual head shape?
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A 45-year old asked:
Please let me know if there is a plastic surgery that can fix an abnormal head shape?
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A 33-year old asked:
Can an abnormal head shape hurt my baby's brain?
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A 23-year old female asked:
My 4 y/o has hard bony lump on top of head,growing,irregular shape.intermittent fevers, night sweats, complains of "brain hurts" normal CBC.what next?
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A 18-year old male asked:
I have strange pain on the top of skull and skull is changing the shape im 18 y old what could it be?!
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A 18-year old male asked:
I have problem with back and im sleeping on right side of body for 3 year is it possible that my skull shape is changed i feel like head steam is weak?
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A 44-year old female asked:
We discovered a beige-y, painless, irregularly-shaped bump on my husband's skull. He's had this for a few months and hasn't necessarily gotten bigger?
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A 22-year old male asked:
Would pressure, applied by hand, be able to change skull shape, if applied hard? Apologies, I've asked before but am seeking more answers.
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A 29-year old female asked:
Does a ct scan show if there is abnormal pressure in the skull?
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A 29-year old asked:
My infant seems to have or be developing an abnormally shaped head. What should I do?
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A 22-year old female asked:
i have an abnormal mole on my head and when it gets removed it comes back should i be concerned?
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A 38-year old female asked:
I am 38 and stareted having white hairs in my eyebrows, is this abnormal ?because, hair on my head are black except just a few strands on whole head
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A 38-year old asked:
Can children with autism have a bigger shaped head?
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A member asked:
Is it normal for my newborn to have an oddly shaped head?
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A 45-year old asked:
As you grow older( through puberty) is it normal for your head shape to vertically become narrower?
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A 31-year old female asked:
14 mo bumped her head.There's a knot but no bruising,vomitting,bleeding of any kind,pupils r even,no irritability or unusual lethargy.Should I worry?
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A 24-year old female asked:
What does it mean when I have a quarter shaped pain area in the back of my head and whenever I touch it I get dizzy and pain?
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A 26-year old male asked:
Can chronic prostatiitis be the reason i have like strips from a cheese head come out when i use bathroom they always have same shape?
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A 50-year old asked:
Can you have a concusions even if you have not had an unusual blow to the head?
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A 19-year old female asked:
How is it too late when the other doctor said i could change my head shape but it would take a long time?
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A 21-year old female asked:
Don't feel like myself,like im not really awake,just very abnormal, head & neck feel cold,its warm,im warm,whats going on?
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A 17-year old male asked:
I always sleep on the right side so my head shape is changed the left side of my head is distorted is it posible to correct that?
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A 40-year old asked:
The doctor said not to worry about the funny shape of my baby's head. But doesn't this cause pressure on the brain?
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A member asked:
My two year old bumped her head on a gym floor and has a egg shaped goose egg on her forehead. She has no symptoms of vomiting
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A 36-year old female asked about a male:
My 27 mo old has a walnut size welt by the crown of his head. His pupils aren't abnormal & he's acting fine. At what point should I have it checked?
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A member asked:
When will my baby's pointed head take a more normal shape?
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A 23-year old male asked:
If a child has mild untreated craniocynostosis, will they automatically growup with an abnormal head?
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A 40-year old asked:
I heard small head will bring incomplete or abnormal development of brain. is it true?
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