55yo family member with congenital hydrocephalus and a VP shunt since 1yo. Deteriorating slowly in cognitive and motor functioning over lifespan but in the past 12 months the decline has become quite rapid ... View answer

what symptoms occur when this type of shunt begins to fail. Thank you in advance for your time and ...I have a 15 year old female who was born at 25 weeks gestational, received a ventriculoperitoneal ... View answer

[Hi I had my spleen removed in hospital from car accident , so I'm wandering if there anything I could do to help with infections & stuff ? Pls] View answer

Hi doctor, My girlfriend will have a knee CARTILAGE MENISCUS IMPLANT tomorrow, she made the ACL before so she will do the implant tomorrow. Doctor said she will wear a brace and be using crutches for 6 ... View answer

I am retired RN AND A FAMILY MEMBER IS HAVING A PROSTECTOMY IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND I WILL BE DOING THE NURSING CARE POST-open @ his. Home. I forgot to mention that I. Am a retired Hospice nurse. ... View answer

I am an individual with Spina Bifida, hydrocephalus treated with a Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt, and Chiari Malformation Type 2. I recently had an MRI of my brain due to a possible shunt malfunction. The... View answer

. What is the lilehood of developing a clot post this surgery and what is the correct post op care. She ... View answer

my daughter is 16 has a vp shunt, she had a fever for 4 days that resolved on its own, bld test and ... ultrasound for neck is showing right cervical lymphadenopathy, reactive lymph nodes. could this... View answer

I m 43 I had a colloid cyst removed Nov 2013 6 days later I had vp shunt placed.April 2014 shunt disconnected it was repaired 4 days later back in hospital with staff 2 weeks later it was replaced and was ... View answer

After I had the vp shunt in things has just got worse for me I m at the hospital and the ct scan ... s really not a nice feeling the way I do can I remove to shunt to feel better I had hydro ... View answer