My baby is 4 months old born with hydrocehpalus. has fluid buildup around the valve of her shunt. how does the fluid buildup happen. is there too much fluid for the shunt. is the shunt working too ... View answer

my baby was born with congenital hydrocephalus . she has a vp shunt. she has fluid around the valve of the shunt. i was by the ns today and took a mri and xray of babys brain. doctor said everything ... View answer

my baby is 4 months old and was born with congenial hydrocephalus . she has a shunt and there is fluid buildup around the shunt valve. i was by the neuro sergeon yesterday and they took and mri and ... View answer

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I had a transthoracic color doppler ECHO done recently and it showed a minimal left to right shunt. I had a bubble test and no right to left shunt was seen. All other aspects of the ECHO were normal ... View answer

My boyfriend was born with Hydrocephalus and has a Shunt in the back of his head to drain the fluid. He also has his old shunt in there from when he was born(he is now 26) that no longer works because ... View answer

i have hydrocephalus i have a vp shunt in my head for it i I have a vp shunt and I have numbness on the right side on my temple is that a sign of my shunt malfunctioning? ... View answer

I am 52 years old and in July of this year I had to have a vp shunt because of hydro and I smoke . Will smoking cause me any dangers with my shunt? I know smoking is bad but at the moment I am dealing ... View answer

Good morning Doctor, Is insertion of shunt the best option to hydrocephalus? My daughter is diagnosed of posterior fossal cyst and one of the option is insertion of shunt. Though we couldn t meet the ... View answer

I have a 9 year old son, who had a shunt operation when he was 3 months old due to hydrocephelous, he is now suddenly having pain surrounding the shunt area in the head(behind the right year). kindly ... View answer