Is it a disease or birth deformity? A small child sized head with a normal size adult body.
2006-08-14 17:47:48 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
It's a birth defect. The head doesn't shrink, it's that it doesn't grow properly. The medical term is 'microcephaly', and in the past some people with it were called "pinheads". They are usually, but not always, mentally retarded in some way.
2006-08-14 23:32:43 · answer #1 · answered by P-nuts and Hair-dos 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A head with a boney skull in it cannot shrink, although the brain itself can. There is a condition called "microencephaly" which describes an abnormally small head and brain.
The head doesn't shrink in those cases, it just never grows very much.
2006-08-15 01:11:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yuk!
2006-08-15 00:55:42 · answer #3 · answered by abbjude 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋