Brain, Pediatrics FAQ - Page 3

The baby fell off the bed, which is approximately 60-70 cm high? Hello, doctor. My one-year-old child fell off the bed this morning at 8 AM while I was preparing his milk. I turned my back for a moment, and he fell. The floor only has a 2 cm thick mat. I didn’t see how he fell, b...

Hydrocephalus with a measurement of 0.5 centimeters? Hello, Dr. Hsiao! My daughter accidentally fell from a 40 cm high bed when she was 1 month and 21 days old (on October 1, 2023). At that time, her consciousness, spirit, and limb activity were all normal. The emergency doctor p...

Sleep issues Hello, doctor. My baby is eight months old, and recently for the past week, he has been suddenly crying loudly with his eyes closed during the night (with tears, several times a night). Sometimes giving him a pacifier calms him down, and he goes back to sleep, but ot...

Milk consumption issues? Hello Dr. Hsiao: My baby is currently 4 months and 23 days old and is drinking Nestlé hydrolyzed formula. At night, he drinks every three to four hours and finishes 120cc of milk each time. However, during the day, he only drinks 90cc every four hours, an...

Enlarged lateral ventricles? I would like to consult a physician regarding my child, who was born prematurely at 28 weeks with a birth weight of only 840 grams. Approximately two weeks after birth, he experienced grade 3 intraventricular hemorrhage, but later stabilized and gradu...

Which specialty should I see? My daughter is over nine months old. Yesterday morning, she fell from the bed onto the floor (which has a soft mat), landing on her head and then rolling forward. I would like to know which specialist I should see to check her brain. I suspect her ne...

Not crawling at nine months? Hello Dr. Hsiao, I would like to ask about my daughter who is now nine months old but is not crawling yet. I have tried to assist her in crawling, but she only moves her arms and does not use her legs at all. When she is lying on the bed, she moves ...

Feeling nauseous upon waking up in the morning? Hello, I would like to ask you: My son is 6 years old and recently had gastroenteritis, experiencing vomiting and diarrhea. He has recovered, but he still feels nauseous in the mornings upon waking, which has been happening for over...

Is it okay to wear a headband? Doctor, my child is currently eight months old and I forgot that his anterior fontanelle has not yet closed. He is wearing a headband with spikes, and he has very little hair. There is no bleeding or injury. Will this affect his brain or intelligenc...

Bedwetting and Tourette Syndrome Issues Hello, my son is 8 years old and is about to graduate from second grade to third grade. He still wets the bed at night, so I wake him up to use the bathroom around 3 AM every day. Sometimes when I wake him up, he has already wet the bed (2-...

Cerebral cyst Hello, doctor. I would like to ask about my baby. Before discharge, we paid out of pocket for a brain ultrasound, which revealed a 0.3 cm cyst on each side of the brain. Today, at one and a half months old, we returned for a follow-up and found that the cysts have i...

The neck was constricted? Hello, doctor. Does that mean that a neck injury could potentially lead to issues like epilepsy and developmental delays in the future? I'm really worried... Everything seems normal at the moment. Should we get some tests done, or is it okay to not ...

Neck strangulation? Hello, doctor. I have a question. While I was sleeping with my son, my hair got tangled with his pacifier chain and it tightened around his neck. I had been drinking and was in a deep sleep, so I didn't hear him crying. Eventually, he cried very loudly, a...

Neonatal brain hypoxia Hello doctor, my baby was diagnosed with epilepsy (with twitching in the right hand and foot) on the second day after birth. Further examinations revealed brain injury, and the doctor speculated that it was due to oxygen deprivation during the delivery proc...

Care-related questions? Hello, doctor. May I ask: 1. What problems can shaking a newborn cause? 2. Is the intermittent wheezing sound in a newborn (the father has asthma) caused by a cold? 3. How can we improve long-term vomiting in a newborn (sometimes in large amounts)? 4. Ther...

Cerebral edema due to a fall? Doctor: I have an urgent question. My child fell at school today and hit their head. There is swelling at the back of the head. Should we get a CT scan?

Is a CT scan safe? My friend has a 2-year-old child who recently fell off the bed and had purple lips and limp limbs. The hospital physician recommended a CT scan, but they are concerned about the risks of anesthesia. Dr. Hsiao, is a CT scan really necessary?

The fontanelle has not yet closed at one year and eight months? A boy who is one year and eight months old still has a palpable anterior fontanelle. The literature states that the anterior fontanelle typically closes between one year and one and a half years of age. Is it concern...

Symptoms of epilepsy? Hello Dr. Hsiao, my son had a febrile seizure before he turned one. A month later, without any fever, he had four seizures over three consecutive days, each lasting about 30 seconds (he had a cold for about a week at that time). We conducted EEG and encephal...

The doctor mentioned that there are bright spots on the brain ultrasound. Will this affect future development? When the child was born, a cranial ultrasound was performed, and the report showed bright spots. At 7 months, a follow-up examination revealed that the bright spot on th...