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sorry thick question

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2shoes · 09/11/2007 22:24

but what is the condition called. when the persons head is way bigger than normal(sorry if I haven't worded that right)

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wrinklytum · 09/11/2007 22:34

Macrocephaly?

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TotalChaos · 09/11/2007 22:48

Think it might be megacephaly.

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2shoes · 09/11/2007 22:56

thanks. there is a boy in dd's class(new this term) who has this. he is also in a wheelchair. I was trying to think of what it was called.of cause he is just called new as opposed to old (who moved class)

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daisy5678 · 10/11/2007 00:05

hydrocephalus, I thought.

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mccreadymum · 11/11/2007 16:21

I think maybe sometimes Fragile X syndrome (similar to autism) involves a larger head too

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2shoes · 11/11/2007 17:15

thanks. think I will just go for the easy option and ask dd's teacher.

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