Paris Hilton defends her son: Sick people in the world

May 2024 ยท 2 minute read

Paris Hilton hit back at the internet trolls who have been mocking her son's head size, by branding them as 'sick' and declaring that her baby is 'perfectly healthy'.

Hilton became a mother in January 2023, after a four-year relationship with Carter Reum and a two-year engagement. It followed a string of unsuccessful relationships for the socialite, beginning with Edward Furlong way back in 2000 and several called-off engagements.

Her son is called Pheonix and has been adored by her followers, he has also received lots of trolls due to having a larger head than usual and she has finally had enough of the discussion surrounding the infant.

The comments came on Instagram and led to her retaliating after suffering the jibes for months. 'There are some sick people in this world. My angel is perfectly healthy,' she wrote on the short-form video platform. 'And yes, of course he has been to a doctor, he just has a large brain'.

It's possible that her child has a condition called macrocephaly, which can be complicated provided it isn't a genetically inherited trait but thanks to modern medicine and medical practices, it can be navigated quite well.

Hilton has not been deterred and is looking to have more children with her fiancee in the future.

Does Paris Hilton's son suffer from a rare disease?Roberto Ortega

What is macrocephaly?

The word itself means 'large head' and means that a head is larger than normal for infants of the same age and sex. Specifically, if the circumference of the head is greater than the 97th percentile, or 97% of other children.

It's a rare disease that only affects between 2% and 5% of the United States population, which is roughly 16.6m people at the upper end of the scale and as low as 6.6m.

Symptoms of macrocephaly can include tightness or bulging of the baby's soft spot, unusual eye movements, unexplained projectile vomiting, irritability that progressively worsens, high-pitched cries as though the infant is experiencing pain and delays in mental development.

There are some risks associated with the condition such as brainstem compression from the oversized brain, hydrocephalus, which is fluid on the brain and can lead to death through too much pressure, seizures and epilepsy, delayed development and abnormal brain function.

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