does drinking alcohol increase intracranial pressure and is it safe for a person with a VP shunt to do so? ... View answer

VP shunt? thanks in advance for replying to this. ...Hi, My sister in law is suffering from TB meningitis . VP shunt was inserted in November last year ... View answer

My husband had a VP shunt on Monday of this week. He is 78. Hearing tests prior to procedure were .... Called his surgeon who got him a second cat scan and adjusted the valve in the shunt... View answer

what symptoms occur when this type of shunt begins to fail. Thank you in advance for your time and ...I have a 15 year old female who was born at 25 weeks gestational, received a... View answer

my baby was born with congenital hydrocephalus . she has a vp shunt. she has fluid around the valve of the shunt. i was by the ns today and took a mri and xray of babys brain. doctor said... View answer

i have hydrocephalus i have a vp shunt in my head for it i I have a vp shunt and I have numbness on the right side on my temple is that a sign of my shunt... View answer

My daughter is hydrocephalus. she has been operated in January 2011. VP shunt was transplanted properly but in the very next month that is February 2011 her abdominal got infected due to which VP... View answer

with a vp shunt for hydrocephalus at birth, are there any activity restrictions? my client states ... to do this due to the VP shunt when she was an infant. She is late 50s now. ... View answer

Hi Doctor, my son had a VP shunt surgery when he was 29 days old(now he is 14 months old). doctors ... precautions we need to take care? can that VP shunt removed over the period of time?... View answer

Severe pain around the eye & vomiting after VP shunt replacing Dear Dr. Recently my younger brother aged 13 yrs has got VP shunt replacing, which was first introduced when he was 2 yrs . But he... View answer