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Alcohol And Vp Shunts

Premium Questions

Dr. Vineet Saggar MD

Yes can people with VP shunts take benedryl to avoid Headahce during air travel??? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Vineet Saggar ( Neurologist)
Dr. Robert Galamaga MD

does drinking alcohol increase intracranial pressure and is it safe for a person with a VP shunt to do so? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Robert Galamaga ( Hematologist)
Dr.   Eris Ranxha MD

YES, HOW LONG DO BRAIN SHUNTS USUALLY LAST WHEN TREATING FOR HYDROCEPHULUS?? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Eris Ranxha ( Neurologist)
Dr.  Saisudha Kotla MD

vp gain ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Saisudha Kotla ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Nsah Bernard MD

ingredients in the hair product are hydrofluorocarbon 152A, Butane, SD Alcohol 40-B, VP/Va Copolymer, Silica ...Hi. I used a hair product to color my hair gray. It was to be a safe, temporary, and... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Nsah Bernard ( General & Family Physician)

Public Forum Discussions

Dr.    Uma Rajah Ananth MD

hydrocephalus when he was 2 months old that was post meningitis , he is living with 2 vp shunts, and had 2 ... diagnised with infection in CSF and both his vp shunts have been... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Uma Rajah Ananth ( Pediatrician)
Dr. Chandra MD

My daughter has been treated for 15 months with IV antibiotics for many failed VP SHUNTS. Several ... count and slightly elevated CRP. Ct findings stated STRANDING around VP SHUNT CATHETAR. No... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Chandra ( Sexual Diseases Specialist)
Dr.  Sudhir Kumar MD

shunts? I have heard that people with a shunt in their brain to drain the fluid should not drink alcohol ...a friend of mine has had multiple shunts put in his brain, since 7 years of age. He is 33... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sudhir Kumar ( Neurologist)
Dr. Luchuo Engelbert Bain MD

My daughter has pseudotumor cerebri due to meningitis . She had to have a programable vp shunt after two failed lp shunts. Her ventricles are narrowed and from the recent MRI, ventricles are ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Luchuo Engelbert Bain ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Bruno Mascarenhas MD

I ve had a VP Shunt since birth, and I have had no issues with it, I was advise to not drink alcohol by my Neurosurgeon when I was a child according to a parent. I now 29 and am wondering if... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Bruno Mascarenhas ( Neurologist)