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Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH)
Alternate Names : Hydrocephalus - Adult, Hydrocephalus - Communicating, "water on the Brain", Hydrocephalus - Idiopathic
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Treatment
The goal of treatment is to improve symptoms. The surgical creation of a shunt that routes the CSF around the obstruction and back into the circulation is the treatment of choice.
Symptomatic treatment may vary depending on the symptoms presented and the extent that symptoms are relieved by treatment.
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• Definition
• Overview, Causes, & Risk Factors
• Symptoms & Signs
• Prevention
• Diagnosis & Tests
• Treatment
• Prognosis
• Complications
• Calling Your Health Care Provider
• Pictures & Images
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Tests & Exams
• Cranial CT Scan
• CSF Collection
• MRI of the Head
• RHISA Scan
Surgery & Procedures
• Brain Surgery
• Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt
Other Topics
• Bowel Incontinence
• Confusion
• Consciousness - Decreased
• Fatigue
• Head Injury
• Inability to Use Objects and Perform Tasks
• Incidence
• Speech Impairment (Adult)
• Symptomatic
• Walking/Gait Abnormalities
• Weakness
Review Date : 5/10/2002
Reviewed By : Elaine T. Kiriakopoulos, M.D., MSc, Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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