is an excess accumulation of water in the spaces of the brain, symptoms can include headache, loss of coordination (ataxia), weakness
Congenital means that the baby was born with it. So if a baby has congenital brain damage, then it means that the baby was born with the brain damage.
yes, a baby has a brain even when it's born
Gerard Edema was born in 1652.
No, because the baby will not have protection for the brain.
Normally yes.
Neonatology studies a number of conditions experienced by new born babies including heart, lung and brain conditions. They also study the effect of the mother's lifestyle on the baby.
When a child is born with abnormalities, what happened was before birth, while the baby was developing, the brain was not formed correctly.
I think you're a little confused. A baby born to a mother who did Meth in pregnancy is a drug-baby. Shaken baby syndrome happens when someone physically shakes an innocent baby and it's brain actually is injured. Answer A baby born to a mother who smoked meth can have many defects. In fact the brain of the baby can be affected. However, the brain of the baby is not bruised and bleeding, it is usually a developemental defect of some sort. A baby that suffers from shaken baby syndrome often has a brain injury. The brain of this baby gets bruised and battered from hitting the inside of the skull. Sometimes the brain swells and bleeds causing further injury to the brain. Some one who is medically trained should be able to tell the difference between problems caused by meth and the problems caused by shaken baby syndrome
Brain Growth spurts as they say is the development of the human brain which starts to peak on the third trimester of pregnancy and after the baby was born until it reaches its adult brain size.
Anencephaly is caused by a failure of the neural tube to close properly during fetal development, leading to incomplete formation of the brain and skull. This results in the baby being born without parts of the brain and skull.
A baby is always learning, even before they are born. They are born knowing the sound of their mother's voice. To be able to talk and to other things the baby is learning. They learn from everything in their environment . Jean Piaget named a child's learning "assimilation and accommodation" and formed stages of learning and development. A brain develops over time and in stages. So, yes a baby uses his/ her brain and without it they would be a vegetable . The brain controls the basic bodily functions, including breathing and hunger.
Yes drug use during pregnancy will effect your baby. Depending what you are taking and the amount anything from birth defects to giving birth to a baby born addicted!