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I have hydrocephalus with two shunts. For the past ten
I have hydrocephalus with two shunts. For the past ten years, every head CT I have gotten has noted “fluid filled spaces around the brain stem”. I was told that we didn’t need to do anything about it unless it started causing symptoms. I started having back/neck pain and reduced sensation 1-2 weeks ago, and I have an appointment with a neurologist scheduled for two weeks from now. I’m just wondering if it’s safe to wait until then.
Sat, 6 Oct 2018
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I was born in June of 1964 with congenital hydrocephalus. VA shunt in August of that year. Two revisions in 1966, third and final revision (so far) in 1973. In 1977 dx d with arrested hydrocephalus. Was told to wait and see what happens in 1977. Been waiting and seeing ever since. Likelihood of needing a new shunt or revision?
my wife aged 75 is diagnosied with hydrocephalus and advice spine fluid test and if relief to go for shunt/is there any auruvedic mmedicines for same as her phisical syptoms are near notrmal,no memory loss,no loss of any movemnt as checked by neurologist,two MRIS in span of one year showing condition stable,no change or increase
I have spina bifida and also hydrocephalus. I m 51 and had the bubble removed from my spina at two weeks, and then got a vp shunt at about a month old. I was maybe four months old when the shunt stopped working, but since I wasn t sick the dr thought that my body was taking care of the spinal fluid. I saw a doctors every year and had my head checked . At the age of fifteen they had all kids with shunts get a cat scan. They found extra water. My dr. said that they knew there was water pressure, but they didn t do anything until I was 16. I was told that they operated eight times until they got a shunt to work. I m use to getting it checked every year, but now that I m seeing a different dr. he said that adults don t need to have the shunt checked every year. I ve seen the same dr. for my shunt since I was seventeen. I skipped a year when I was in my thirties, The next year I went to get the shunt checked, he . had a harsh talk with me and said that I should never skip going to see him. He s retired now, and this new dr. said I didn t need to see him every year now that my shunt was doing fine. I don t need to see him unless I start getting sick . What is your view on the subject?