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What Causes Vertigo While On A Brain Shunt?

I HAVE A SHUNT ON MY HEAD, I HAD WATER IN THE BRAIN 2 YEARS AGO FINALLY I WAS OPERATED 6 MONTHS AGO I NEED TO FIND OUT, WHEN THEY SET MY MY SHUNT TO 100 AND THEN 80 WITH THE MACHINE. IT IS SET ON 80 AND I AM LOSING BALANCE MAYBE I SHOULD GO BACK TO 100 OR PLUS. I NEED TO FIND OUT WHAT IS THE LOWER OR HIGHER MEANING WHAT?
Wed, 1 Aug 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

We will try to help you in best way possible. First of all it's sad to know what you had been going through lately. Based on the history you have shared, such symptoms like vertigo etc can be caused by both low or high CSF pressures and if shunt gets blocked it may cause the same symptoms but if excessive CSF gets drained then it may also lead to such symptoms. Keep close liason with neurosurgeon.

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What Causes Vertigo While On A Brain Shunt?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. We will try to help you in best way possible. First of all it s sad to know what you had been going through lately. Based on the history you have shared, such symptoms like vertigo etc can be caused by both low or high CSF pressures and if shunt gets blocked it may cause the same symptoms but if excessive CSF gets drained then it may also lead to such symptoms. Keep close liason with neurosurgeon. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.