A month old newborn has a 'horn' on its head, almost half of which is about half the size of its head. It's a real-life version of the 'Little Dragon man'. For newborn babies, why grow a horn? Because expectant mothers eat less folate during pregnancy, why do expectant mothers eat folate during pregnancy?
Recently, the neurosurgery department of Anhui children's hospital received such a child. It turns out that this is a rare brain disease, which belongs to a congenital neural tube malformation. At present, with the joint efforts of the expert team led by Ye Huan, director of Neurosurgery, the 'horns' of the baby's brain have been successfully removed and are now recovering well.
Since he was born, Chichi's' horns' have followed him. "At the first sight, there was an egg sized lump at the back of her head. As she grew up, the lump grew up a little bit. Before the operation, she was almost half the size of her baby's head. "Qiqi's father recalled.
It is reported that within one month after Qiqi was born, the whole family took her to seek medical treatment. Not long ago, Qiqi's father and grandmother took her to Anhui children's Hospital from their hometown hundreds of kilometers away. After diagnosis, xiaoqiqi's' horns' were originally huge meningeal encephalocele.
Meningoencephalocele is a rare brain disease, which belongs to congenital neural tube malformation. "Ye Huan said, the danger is that the epidermis of meningeal encephalocele in xiaoqiqi's back brain is very thin. If it is not removed, it may rupture at any time, leading to intracranial infection, which will be life-threatening.
But xiaoqiqi is just at the full moon, and the operation involves brain tissue, so the technical requirements for the surgeon in charge are very high.
During the operation, the operation team led by Ye Huan worked closely together and finally successfully removed the 'horns' behind xiaoqiqi's brain. After the operation, xiaoqiqi recovered quickly, had a good mental and dietary condition, and would be discharged soon.
Ye Huan reminded that meningeal encephalocele is mainly related to environmental pollution and niacin deficiency. Pregnant women should avoid the stimulation of adverse factors, pay attention to nutrition balance, eat more green leafy vegetables rich in folic acid, and ensure the intake of folic acid. "Parents should not panic if head deformity is found after the birth of the child. They should go to the children's Hospital in time and have the operation as soon as possible.
Why to eat folic acid in pregnancy
Essential substances for fetal development
Folic acid plays an important role in the proliferation and growth of human cells. For the developed adults, these processes are not violent, but for pregnant women, the growth and development of the baby in the abdomen is very strong, which is inseparable from folic acid. Therefore, the demand of pregnant women is more than four times that of ordinary adults, and the supply of food is only a drop in the bucket.
Pregnant women lack anemia and fetuses are prone to deformity
If the mother to be fails to take enough folate in time after pregnancy, the first possible crisis is anemia. The task of nurturing new life is a challenge for women's hematopoietic function. Lack of folic acid, the body can not normally produce red blood cells, anemia may occur naturally. In addition, folic acid also plays a role in the prevention of neural tube defects in newborn babies. Taking folic acid on time every day can reduce the possibility of such malformation by 50-70%. For other birth defects such as major body surface deformities, rabbit lips and so on, it can also play a certain preventive effect.