Hydrocephalus

Hydrocephalus can arise before birth or any time afterward. It may be due to many causes including a birth defect, hemorrhage into the brain, infection, meningitis, tumor, or head injury.
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Hydrocephalus
In small children, hydrocephalus may be associated with infections acquired before birth, injury occurring during the birth process, congenital defects, tumors of the central nervous system, ...
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Hydrocephalus can be present at birth or you can develop it later. The outlook for people with hydrocephalus varies depending on how soon the condition is diagnosed, whether any other disorders are present and whether treatment is successful.
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Hydrocephalus
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(h´´drsf´ls), also known as water on the brain, developmental (congenital) or acquired condition in which there is an abnormal accumulation of body fluids within the skull.
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Hydrocephalus is a condition in which there is a lack of absorption, blockage of flow, or overproduction of the cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) that is found inside the ventricles (fluid-filled areas) of the brain.
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Hydrocephalus
As part of every wellness visit during infancy, the pediatrician takes a few moments to measure your baby's head. Such measurements are needed to check for normal development of the brain and skull.
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Hydrocephalus
Dr Trisha Macnair
Hydrocephalus literally means 'water on the brain'.
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Hydrocephalus - idiopathic; Hydrocephalus - adult; Hydrocephalus - communicating, "water on the brain"
Causes, incidence, and risk factors: ...
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other disorders that affect the brain
Diseases that cause partial or total blindness can cause strabismus. So can extreme farsightedness, cataracts, eye injury, or having much better vision in one eye than the other.
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Hydrocephalus
An abnormal accumulation of fluid within the brain. This accumulation can be destructive by pressing on brain structures, and damaging them.
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hydrocephalus
An enlargement of the head caused by the buildup of fluid within the ventricles of the brain. Also called "water on the brain."
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In hydrocephalus, the ventricles of the brain become enlarged with cerebrospinal fluid. This condition causes the brain tissue to become compressed against the skull, thus causing serious neurological problems.
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Patients with small tectal lesions and hydrocephalus but no other neurological deficits may be treated with cerebrospinal fluid diversion alone and have follow-up with sequential neuroradiographic studies unless there is evidence of progressive ...
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Additionally, cerebrospinal fluid may build up in the brain, leading to a condition called hydrocephalus, which is common in children with myelomeningocele. If left untreated, hydrocephalus can cause brain damage, blindness or seizures.
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Other congenital disorders may also be present in the child, usually disorders of the spinal cord or the musculoskeletal system such as hydrocephalus (which may affect as many as 90% of children with myelomeningocele), syringomyelia, hip dislocation, ...
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Direct damage to brain tissue and surrounding areas accounts for only part of the problems in head injury. The resulting bleeding (bruising), fluid collection (hydrocephalus), and infection can also damage the brain.
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Equi-Flow valve Cranial valve for the management and control of intracranial pressure caused by excess cerebrovascular fluid on the brain associated with hydrocephalus. Mfg: Radionics. Source: BW Healthwire - 11/12/97.
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There are many causes for this malady, such as stroke, HIV disease, head trauma, Parkinson's disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, normal-pressure hydrocephalus, hypothyroidism, syphilis, brain tumor, vitamin B12 deficiency, and of course, ...
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Buildup of spinal fluid within the brain (hydrocephalus). Fluid on the brain is more likely to occur if the stroke was caused by bleeding (hemorrhagic stroke).
Spasms of blood vessels (vasospasm).
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Hydrocephalus
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