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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Dr. Andrew Rynne

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Dr. Saisudha Kotla

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Dr. Nagamani Ng

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Dr. Dorina Gurabardhi

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Dr. Vaishalee Punj

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Problems With 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.   Eris Ranxha MD

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

Answered by : Dr. Eris Ranxha ( Neurologist)
Dr. Shailja Puri Wahal MD

hi, I get a severe pain from my hip down my leg when I walk. when I stop it goes away. can you tell me what this might be. also what are shunts and what ate they used for. thanks ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shailja Puri Wahal ( Pathologist and Microbiologist)
Dr.    Muhammad Ahmad MD

This is my Doctors findings xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx was referred to me after undergoing a CT scan which revealed two masses in the liver . A follow-up MRI showed the masses to be benign shunts. What is a shunt ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Muhammad Ahmad ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Rajesh Teli MD

hypertension . I am told losartan (25mg) shunts blood away from the kidneys and need to switch to something else. I was told one of the choices is of Lasix or amlodipine besylate. With my CKD stage 2, and my ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Rajesh Teli ( Cardiologist)

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 removed and was... View answer

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

Can mountain dew increase glaucoma pressure . Son has glaucoma shunts and takes eye drops and today eye pressure was high. He has been drinking quite a bit of mountain dew ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Saurabh Mittal ( Ophthalmologist)
Dr. Chandra MD

My daughter has been treated for 15 months with IV antibiotics for many failed VP SHUNTS. Several ... last several days she again experienced RUQ abdomen pain with no other symptoms. No fever normal... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Chandra ( Sexual Diseases Specialist)
Dr. Penchila Prasad Kandikattu MD

ENT surgeon, we started with ENG s (numerous times) throughout this nightmare. Steroid shots, physical therapy, with valium and finally in 1998-2000, 4 endolymphatic sac shunts( 2 shunts and 2... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Penchila Prasad Kandikattu ( Internal Medicine Specialist)