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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Signs Of Shunt Problems

Premium Questions

Dr. Erion Spaho MD

when you get a blockage like what kind of symptoms or signs you would get if it clogs in any place this ...what exactly happens when you have a stiff neck or you have a problem with the shunt in it... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Erion Spaho ( Neurologist)
Dr.  Neeraj Kumar MD

Any further natural treatment is there after the hydrocephalus surgery , I mean after placing shunt. In order to avoid future problems ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Neeraj Kumar ( Neurologist)
Dr. Erion Spaho MD

now 44 years old Sadly he needed excision of a BCC in close proximity to the shunt site and within a week XXXXXXX fell ill showing signs of shunt failure which was confirmed He remains... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Erion Spaho ( Neurologist)
Dr. Shivakumar S. Kupanur MD

My baby is 4 months old born with hydrocehpalus. has fluid buildup around the valve of her shunt ... slowly? ( its not a programmable shunt) is water leaking out of the shunt? is there a... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shivakumar S. Kupanur ( Neurologist)
Dr.   Dariush Saghafi MD

problems with the shunt. For more than 20 years he has drunk between 2 and 5 liters per night, what is a ...My partner has both acute and chronic cranial hypertension , a shunt has been inserted in... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Dariush Saghafi ( Neurologist)

Public Forum Discussions

Dr.       Harry Maheshwari MD

hematoma of forehead with boreholes and then a shunt forleaking spinal fluid from incisions and then craniotomy for a hygroma. Could I be having problems of the brain or shunt again?... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Harry Maheshwari ( Dentist)
Dr. Priyanka MD

I had a shunt five years ago...My signs are fatigue and my stomach is getting larger. Should my tube be replaced?My probl;em before having the shunt..I couldn t walk normal and still starting to have ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Priyanka ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. T Chandrakant MD

I have a shunt placed several months ago for normal pressure hydrcephalus. 5 days after surgery all of the sudden I experienced pressure in my head, partial loss of hearing, balance problems. I... View answer

Answered by : Dr. T Chandrakant ( General Surgeon)
Dr. T Chandrakant MD

. Is it possible that my GI problems are related to the shunt? If so do I have to have the entire ...I have a VP shunt that was placed in 1998 and is now nonfunctioning and calcified at the distal end ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. T Chandrakant ( General Surgeon)
Dr.   Jose Ignacio Artero Muñoz MD

it s his shunt. He is not a normal shunt person he dont give the same signs as a regular shunt person ...Hi my name is Teresa I have a son who has a VP shunt he has had it since he was 2... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Jose Ignacio Artero Muñoz ( General & Family Physician)