Clinical manifestations of Hydrocephalus

In early infancy, include widening and bulging of the forntanelles, separation of the cranial sutures, dilation of the scalp veins. a thin shiny scalp, rapidly increasing head circumference. as CSF accumulation continues, frontal bossing ( prominence of the forehead) becomes apparent. depression of the eyes slow pupil response to light, irritability, hight pitched cry difficulty in being consoled, lethargy and altered LOC difficulty in sucking and feeding Headach on awakening heractive reflexes , strabisums, unsteady gait, papilledema , disorientation and progression to stupor