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Caput succeedenum or chepalohematoma
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I wanted to clarify one doubt. My baby girl is 2 months old currently. I delivered her through normal delivery with forceps assisted. During delivery I was not able to push, so they have used vaccum and forceps. During birth my daughter had some minor wounds on her forehead and cheeks , now the wounds are disappeared. She also had some swelling at the back of her head( caput succeedenum) . Because of vaccum. The swelling had disappeared after one day. But iam really worried, whether it won't cause some problem in her brain development.
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Caput is very common in normal delivery even without forceps and vacuum use. It does not cause any problems in brain development. As she is not showing any symptoms now, there is no need to worry
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No need to worry. It won't affect her brain development at all
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Caput succedenum is as normal in vaginal birth if not vaccume also it will develop it is normal it doesn't interfere with brain development
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Dr. Bhatt Vivek Prafulchandra
Pediatrician
4 yrs exp
Rajkot
No need to worry
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Dr. Musunuri Manojna
Pediatrician
4 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Caput is only water/ fluid accumulation in subcutaneous tissue. It will have no effect on brain development as long as immediate neonatal period was uneventful.
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Dr. Sricharan Alladi
Pediatrician
4 yrs exp
Warangal
No
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Dr. Shebin C E
Pediatrician
8 yrs exp
Kanyakumari
Greetings it won't be a problem as it's outside the skull
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