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I have hydrocephalus and its not "viral" hydrocephalus, its congenital (i believe that's how its spelled.) anyways congenital hydrocephalus is present or detected at birth without it being in your ancestry. Genetic hydrocephalus means it was passed on from a generation or family member before you.
Hydrocephalus is usually the result of one or more brain disorders within the skull, refer link below.
Conditions responsible for hydrocephalus in a fetus include infantile congenital (present at birth) hydrocephalus, hydrocephalus associated with encephalocele or myelomeningocele, posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus in newborns.
He had a congenital bone disease called spina bifida.
Congenital (present at birth) infection occurs in one out of every 800-1,400 infants born to infected mothers.
CMV is a leading cause of congenital deafness.
With treatment most infants with congenital CMV survive, although almost all suffer from its effects.
Spina Bifida is a congenital neural tube defect where part of the spine and meninges are damaged and/or exposed. Hydrocephalus is a secondary condition sometimes associated with Spina Bifida where cerebrospinal fluid accumulates in the brain.
Hydrocephalus, also known as water on the brain, is a condition where an abnormal amount of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) builds up in the ventricles of the brain. This is a common secondary condition to the neural tube defect Spina Bifida, but it can occur on it's own, most likely from a head injury.
Congenital cytomegalovirus is caused in infants when the mother passes the CMV virus on to the unborn child through her placenta. It is similar to the herpes virus.
Hydrocephalus, the retention of CSF - usually genetic in origin.
John Lorber has written: 'Your child with hydrocephalus' -- subject(s): Hydrocephalus, Hydrocephalus in children, In infancy and childhood, Popular works 'Results of treatment of myelomeningocele'