Factors associated to congenital hydrocephaly

Abstract

Congenital hydrocephaly is a polymorphic syndrome comprising diverse diseases that lead to mental disability and death. It could appear like an isolated malformation or associated to other malformations and is related to a great number of deceases. Most of the cases diagnosed prenatally are not borne, meaning not only that incidence is slow, but also that a great work is needed in the pre-conceptive prevention of the associated risk factors that are different and mostly preventable and modifiable.  That is why it is an important multifactorial health problem. Among the associated risk factors the most important are folic acid deficit, maternal infections, and also physical and chemical agents. The theoretical referents related to congenital hydrocephaly and its associated factors are declared the aim of this research on the basis of the most updated theoretical principles.