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Hydrocephalus

What are the symptoms?

Symptoms caused by raised pressure usually improve, but other signs of brain damage may remain. These can include subtle learning difficulties.

Shunts can become blocked leading to headache, nausea, photophobia, inertia and irritability. Chronic infection may cause gradual deterioration in overall performance. Medical advice should be sought in cases of mental or physical deterioration in those with shunts, or if a shunt blockage is suspected.

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Medical text written July 1994 by the Association of Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus. Approved by Dr C.R.Birch, Consultant Physician and Medical Director, Grantham and District Hospital, Grantham, UK. Last updated June 2003 by Dr R Bayston, ASBAH and Senior Lecturer, University of Nottingham Medical School, Nottingham, UK.

 

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