Anyone ever heard of Intracranial Pressure?

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It's pressure on the brain. If you are treated with a lumbar puncture, does that cure it or is it just a temporary relief? I suppose I'm hoping there's a doctor or medical student out there who might read this! My husband may have this. He now has swelling of the optic nerves, headaches, blepharospasm and glaucoma, and dizziness.
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Can CT scan of the head show elevated intracranial pressure?

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Yes. One can recognise the squashed brain quite easily on the CT scan.  (+ info)

why does increased intracranial pressure can cause manifestation like projectile vomiting?

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The brain is suspeneded in your cranium by cranial fluid. Temperatures in the brain have to be maintained within 3 degrees or you will die. THere is a very delicate balance in your cranium, and increased pressure can throw all of it off, leading to unpleasant condition, such as vomiting, seizures, and blackouts.  (+ info)

What would you do if you had an intracranial hematoma?

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Ask someone to get me to the ER stat.  (+ info)

Does anyone have any info on Intracranial Hypertension?

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My friend has this and is having a shunt put in to drain the extra cerebral spinal fluid.
I was just wanting some info from personal experience. Yes, I know there are websites to look this up.....
Yeah, I think its also called psuedotumor cerebri. Basically its an increase in the fluid, cerebrospinal fluid, that bathes your spinal cord and brain through the ventricles in your brain. The original artic explorers often got it from eating whale liver full of vitamin A but there are other reasons you'd get it beside hypervitaminosis A
They're probably putting in a vp shunt to drain the fluid into the abdomen.They block every now and then but I think they're sucessful  (+ info)

A person with increased intracranial pressure is given mannitol. What effect will this have on kidney function?

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1. completely stop urine output
2. increase urine output
3. decrease urine output
4. decrease dilution of solute in the urinary filtrate
Increased urine output.
Mannitol is an osmotic diuretic which causes increased urine output.  (+ info)

Diag: Cerebellar dysfunction 2nd degree to vestibulitis, intracranial neoplasm, subdural hemotoma?

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this diag. is from 1971

This is a diagnosis that was given to me when I was a child - can anyone help me with definitions of this.

I know it has to do with the brain being inflamed and having abnormal growth and a blood clot.
I would just like to know what it really means.
As a supplement to what essentiallysolo answered it should be mentioned that not all intracranial neoplasias are malignant (ie cancers). For instance most menigiomas are considered benign. Also some astrocytomas, ("pilocytic astrocytomas" are often seen in childhood in the cerebellum) behave benign. Was that what you had?.  (+ info)

what affect does pregnancy have on idiopathic intracranial hypertension?

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can it make headaches completely stop suddenly?
blood pressure, hormone changes, stress levels, eating habits, rest, all change during pregnancy and may effect your headaches. It may be as simple as you not being aware so much but focusing on your pregnancy and your stress levels, etc lower your BP and have lessened your headaches.  (+ info)

How intracranial pressure(CSF) can be reduced?

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One patient is suffering from suspected TBM. Every two months CSF is taken out by Lumber puncture and every tme it is found increased. Is there any other way to controll it ? or how lumber puncture can be pain free
Definitive diagnosis has to be established. Ruling-in and ruling-out posible diagnosis is based also on signs and syptoms. Since TB meningitis is suspected other test should be done to show presences of the mycobacterium. Culture is done on the collected CSF.

Abnormal CSF depends on the findings by lumbar tap. In this case CSF should have a high protein, low glucose and a elevated number of lymphocytes.

Treatment and management is based on the presumption that there is a reason to suspect TB. Isoniazid, rifampicin, pyrazinamide and ethambutol are the main anti-TB drugs given.

Pain free lumbar tap is only posible if the patient is sadated, which is rarely done. Local anesthesia is not admistered since it can contaminate the sample and is not feasible since a lumber tap punctures several layers and cannot be all anesthesized.

Simply put...a definitive diagnosis will be followed by a proper management.  (+ info)

I am a patient of Brain Tuberculoma,during the treatment I got speaking problem,please give the right reason.?

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What kind of treatment are you on because that may make a difference. Tuberculomas can grow anywhere in the brain and this one my be on the speech center of your brain. What did you doctor say about it. Without more info, I really can't think of anything else. Sorry  (+ info)

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