Shaken Baby Syndrome - Symptoms
Shaking may produce no visible symptoms in the baby even when extensive damage has occurred within the brain. Internal (inside) bleeding within the skull may cause the brain to swell. If the swollen brain pushes against the skull, damage to nerves and other parts of the brain may occur. Such damage can cause serious problems including blindness, hearing loss, paralysis, speech impairment, mental retardation, learning disabilities, and death. Nearly two thousand children die every year as a result of being shaken.
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