{"id":19894,"date":"2015-08-25T19:06:30","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T19:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kfm.co.ug\/?p=19894"},"modified":"2015-08-25T19:06:30","modified_gmt":"2015-08-25T19:06:30","slug":"meet-annet-battling-the-rare-hydrocephalus-disease-for-8-years-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/meet-annet-battling-the-rare-hydrocephalus-disease-for-8-years-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Annet battling the rare hydrocephalus disease for 8 years now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You probably have seen children whose head size is slightly bigger than normal.<\/p>\n<p>This condition called Hydrocephalus which literally means \u201cwater on the brain\u201d occurs when fluid builds up in the skull and causes the brain to swell.<\/p>\n<p>The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke estimates that this condition affects one in every 500 children in Uganda.<\/p>\n<p>Hydrocephalus mainly occurs in children and adults over 60, but young adults can get it too.<\/p>\n<p>Experts say it can lead to impaired development of physical and intellectual functions and requires specialized treatment to prevent serious complications.<\/p>\n<p>This morning KFM\u2019s Dianah Wanyana tells the story of 8 year old Annet Ntukunda.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TTGNWXoQkdw\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You probably have seen children whose head size is slightly bigger than normal. This condition called Hydrocephalus which literally means \u201cwater on the brain\u201d occurs when fluid builds up in the skull and causes the brain to swell. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke estimates that this condition affects one in every 500 children in Uganda. Hydrocephalus mainly occurs in children and adults over 60, but young adults can get it too. Experts say it can lead to impaired development of physical and intellectual functions and requires specialized treatment to prevent serious complications. This morning KFM\u2019s Dianah Wanyana tells the story of 8 year old Annet Ntukunda. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":19895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19894"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}