Cephalic disorders

Introduction: Cephalic disorders

Cephalic disorders: Cephalic disorders are congenital conditions that stem from damage to or abnormal development of the budding nervous system. Most cephalic ... more about Cephalic disorders.

Cephalic disorders: Various congenital brain defects. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Cephalic disorders is available below.

Diagnostic Tests for Cephalic disorders

• Antenatal ultrasound screening

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Cephalic disorders?

• Misdiagnosis of Cephalic disorders
• Underlying causes of Cephalic disorders (possibly wrongly diagnosed)

Misdiagnosis and Cephalic disorders

Undiagnosed stroke leads to misdiagnosed aphasia: BBC News UK reported on a man who had been institutionalized and treated for mental illness...read more »

Dementia may be a drug interaction: A common scenario in aged care is for a patient to show mental decline to dementia. Whereas this can, of course, occur due to various...read more »

Mild traumatic brain injury often remains undiagnosed: Although the symptoms of severe brain injury are hard to miss, it is less clear for milder injuries, or even those causing a mild concussion diagnosis. The condition goes by the...read more »

MTBI misdiagnosed as balance problem: When a person has symptoms such as vertigo or dizziness, a diagnosis of brain injury may go overlooked. This is particularly true of mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI), for which...read more »

Brain pressure condition often misdiagnosed as dementia: A condition that results from an excessive pressure of CSF within the brain is often misdiagnosed. It may be misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease or dementia (such as Alzheimer's...read more »

Post-concussive brain injury often misdiagnosed: A study found that soldiers who had suffered a concussive injury in battle often were misdiagnosed on their return. A...read more »

Children with migraine often misdiagnosed: A migraine often fails to be correctly diagnosed in pediatric patients. These patients are not the typical migraine sufferers, but...read more »

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Causes of Cephalic disorders

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Prognosis for Cephalic disorders

Prognosis for Cephalic disorders: The degree to which damage to the developing nervous system harms the mind and body varies enormously. Many disabilities are mild enough to allow those afflicted to eventually function independently in society. Others are not. Some infants, children, and adults die; others remain totally disabled; and an even larger population is partially disabled, functioning well below normal capacity. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Cephalic Disorders Information Page: NINDS)

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Prevention of Cephalic disorders

Prevention information for Cephalic disorders has been compiled from various data sources and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Cephalic disorders.

• Folic acid - for prevention of neural tube defects
• Antenatal ultrasound screening
• Folic acid (folate) before conception
• Folic acid (folate) during pregnancy

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Types of Cephalic disorders

• Neural tube defect
  • Anencephaly
  • Spina bifida

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Article Excerpts about Cephalic disorders

Cephalic disorders are congenital conditions that stem from damage to or abnormal development of the budding nervous system. Most cephalic disorders are caused by a disturbance that occurs very early in the development of the fetal nervous system. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Cephalic Disorders Information Page: NINDS)