My 17 month old has been flagged up for having a big head since his 10 month check. His head is now 51.5cm which is quite a lot above the 99.6th centile in his red book. His weight and height are more like the 25th centile.
We saw a geneticist at hospital today who took a family history, examined him and took lots of information about his behaviour. She couldn't find anything to worry about except his big head. I told her that his grandfather and great-grandfather also had very big heads.
She is still recommending that he needs to have a GA in order to scan his brain and just make sure nothing is wrong. I feel very worried about this procedure when there doesn't seem to be any reason to be concerned other than his big head. No other symptoms seem to exist to cause concern.
I wondered if anyone else had had similar experiences with their child's head and whether anyone could reassure me about the scan if we decide to go ahead with it? I just don't know what they could find that they could then do something about. Thank you for any advice.
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Has anyone's toddler had to have a general anaesthetic to have a brain scan to investigate a big head?
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crb78 · 11/11/2016 15:29
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