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Suggest Treatment For Swollen Frontal Lobe With Fever
Dear Doc, Well I have a very peculiar problem with my 7 month old boy, well He is absolutely normal and meeting all the milestones for his age, but one concern when ever he gets a fever his frontal ( soft tissue on the head ) gets bulged / swollen, I took him to many hospitals locally here and consulted doctors even did a spine tap and found the suspected infections for menigintis to be NEGATIVE , even took ultra sound for his head soft tissue and it also came to be OK , all are surprised with this, don t know why this happens, I am just starting to get worried, other wise his activities and activeness is all fine , I want to seek an opinion from the experts in this regard
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Thu, 13 Mar 2014
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high grade fever causes vasoconstriction with increased blood pressure and in children.. head has large surface area than body.. so head will be more heat during fever episode.. due to high temperature, more blood circulation.. which might causes swelling and redness during fever.. do not worry.. it may become normal as the child grows
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