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What Does Pain Around A Brain Shunt Insertion Spot Indicate?

Hi.i have a child who os born on the 24 weeks(5 months).he weighed 700 kgs on delivery.By mistake doctors delivered me a normal delivery although the baby is only 5 months inside the womb yet.plus that the placinta came out before tge baby! so my child had a bleed in the brain that cause blockage in many areas..my baby stayed a whole year at the NICU.water starter to accumolate..he needed a shunt after he become more than 1.5 kgs. another mistake was caused by aother doctor, that he asked me if i want a fast, medium ot a fast shunt! for me as a mother i just answered that he s been too long here at the hospital i want him to come home so i want a fast shunt..tge thing is that i am just an emotional mother who shouldn t have been asked such a question to be guven the freedom of choise in such case!then my baby came out from the operation with a shrunk head and the brain bones overlapped..then doctors asked me to find him a country to treat this situation...anyways the shunt after around two years was blocked..and he doen t need it anymore..Now my baby is a survivor hero but he is having irritaions and pain of the existance of the shunt.and i need your help...i have reports of what my baby had gone thru... Thank you.. A mother of a lil miracle ♡
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service.
I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

First of all congrats to win the battle against the child`s miserable condition at birth.

* According to my long surgical experience, there sounds internal issues with intracranial pressure, conduction level or other in the central nervous system.

* I would like to study the case in very details with all reports if provided herewith for further correspondence.

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What Does Pain Around A Brain Shunt Insertion Spot Indicate?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. First of all congrats to win the battle against the child`s miserable condition at birth. * According to my long surgical experience, there sounds internal issues with intracranial pressure, conduction level or other in the central nervous system. * I would like to study the case in very details with all reports if provided herewith for further correspondence. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.