Baby Bobble Head Syndrome

Two new cases of the bobble head doll syndrome are presented and the literature is reviewed.

Baby bobble head syndrome.

More detailed information about the symptoms causes and treatments of bobble head doll syndrome is available below. It is a disorder of the central nervous system. But wobbly kitten is a different sort of movement. Bobblehead doll syndrome list of authors.

Although the specific cause of this condition is unknown bhds is often seen with cysts in the third ventricle of the brain that also cause hydrocephalus water on the brain. Its chief features are a 2 to 3 per second up and down or to and fro bobbing of the head sometimes also of the trunk which could be inhibited voluntarily and disappeared in sleep. A video review of an article written by nelia zamponi on bobble head doll syndrome. Symptoms of bobble head doll syndrome.

In 2011 the crown prosecution service recommended the term be replaced with nahi. Non accidental head injury nahi or shaken baby syndrome the term shaken baby syndrome which consists of a triad of symptoms has become controversial both medically and legally. This has been done as part of my intro to neuroscience class at georgia t. Bobble head doll syndrome is a rare neurological movement disorder in which patients usually children around age 3 begin to bob their head and shoulders forward and back or sometimes side to side involuntarily in a manner reminiscent of a bobblehead doll.

A 5 year old girl presented with a 2 year history of excessive head nodding. Abstract a third patient with the bobble head doll syndrome was reported. Nitish agarwal m b b s and amol raheja m b b s m ch. The messages to the brain are short circuited somehow.

Characterized by a y. Mri of the. The syndrome is related to cystic lesions and swelling of the third ventricle in the brain. The pathogenesis of this movement disorder and the differential diagnosis of head bobbing in children are discussed.

The signs and symptoms of bhds include characteristic up and down head movements that increase during walking and excitement and decrease during concentration. Sunil patel chief of neurosurgery at the medical university of south carolina discusses a rare case of bobble head doll syndrome. A rare condition where a child s head bobs up and down continuously due to either fluid on the brain or a large cyst in the third ventricle of the brain. The messages are not received in a timely fashion.