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What Causes Abdominal Pain Near Surgical Scar After Having A Ventricular Shunt?

My name is latoria I have a venticular shunt and it was last revived in 1997. For the last three weeks I have been experiencing abdomen pain near my surgical scar. As well as complaining about not getting enough sleep even after getting eight hours of sleep. My dad has also been noticing that a decline in my appetite. My neuro surgent called me after I emailed him monday and said he would like to explore my shunt . My question is what exactly does his mean does this mean?
Mon, 12 Aug 2019
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Hi,

This is generally a benign condition and either go away with time or if it remains it is usually of a mild nature that is intermittent and slowly gets less and less intense as well as the peritoneum into which the fluid which is draining begins stretching and stabilizing so that over time acute pain subsides. You can change different temperatures over the area you feel the most pain.

At first, I might try something cold such as an ice pack or if that doesn't work try something tepid or a bit warmer to see if that does the trick.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Dariush Saghafi, Neurologist
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What Causes Abdominal Pain Near Surgical Scar After Having A Ventricular Shunt?

Hi, This is generally a benign condition and either go away with time or if it remains it is usually of a mild nature that is intermittent and slowly gets less and less intense as well as the peritoneum into which the fluid which is draining begins stretching and stabilizing so that over time acute pain subsides. You can change different temperatures over the area you feel the most pain. At first, I might try something cold such as an ice pack or if that doesn t work try something tepid or a bit warmer to see if that does the trick. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Dariush Saghafi, Neurologist