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Is There Any Non Surgical Treatment Of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Including Herbal Treatments?
Is there any non surgical treatment of normal pressure hydrocephalus including herbal treatments? My mother is 75 years old and was diagnosed by MRI about 2 weeks ago. She does not want surgery. Also could you tell me the prognosis without surgical treatment? Thanks for your reply. my email address is YYYY@YYYY
Fri, 31 Jan 2014
Hi,
Thank you for posting your query.
The diagnosis of normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) can not be confirmed on the basis of MRI alone.
We need to drain the cerebrospinal fluid by doing a lumbar puncture, and see whether her walking improves.
NPH presents with a triad of symptoms- difficulty in walking, urinary incontinence and dementia. After surgery, the first two improves but dementia does not improve.
There are no herbal treatments for NPH.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
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Thank you for posting your query.
The diagnosis of normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) can not be confirmed on the basis of MRI alone.
We need to drain the cerebrospinal fluid by doing a lumbar puncture, and see whether her walking improves.
NPH presents with a triad of symptoms- difficulty in walking, urinary incontinence and dementia. After surgery, the first two improves but dementia does not improve.
There are no herbal treatments for NPH.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
Click on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar
My BLOG: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.in
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