Communicating hydrocephalus (type)

Introduction: Communicating hydrocephalus (type)

Description of Communicating hydrocephalus (type)

Communicating hydrocephalus (type) (medical condition): A rare condition where the normal flow of cerebrospinal fluid is impaired by dilated brain ventricles which causes the fluid to accumulate in the skull and hence result in increased brain pressure.

See also:

Hydrocephalus:
  »Introduction: Hydrocephalus
  »Symptoms of Hydrocephalus
  »Causes of Hydrocephalus
  »Tests for Hydrocephalus
  »Treatments for Hydrocephalus

Communicating hydrocephalus (type): Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Communicating hydrocephalus (type):

• Communicating hydrocephalus
• Hydrocephalus (205 causes)
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Communicating hydrocephalus (type): Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Communicating hydrocephalus (type) is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Communicating hydrocephalus (type), or a subtype of Communicating hydrocephalus (type), affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Communicating hydrocephalus (type) as a Disease

Communicating hydrocephalus (type): Another name for Hydrocephalus (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Hydrocephalus
  »Symptoms of Hydrocephalus
  »Causes of Hydrocephalus
  »Treatments for Hydrocephalus

Communicating hydrocephalus (type): Related Diseases

Communicating hydrocephalus (type): Communicating hydrocephalus (type) is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Brain conditions

Causes of Communicating hydrocephalus (type)

Some of the causes of Communicating hydrocephalus (type) are included in the list below:

• Congenital defects
• Meningitis
• Head injury
• Brain hemorrhage (see Brain symptoms)
• Brain tumor

See full list of 156 causes of Communicating hydrocephalus (type) (Hydrocephalus)

Symptoms of Communicating hydrocephalus (type) (Hydrocephalus)

Some of the symptoms of Communicating hydrocephalus (type) incude:

• Headache
• Vomiting
• Nausea
• Raised intracranial pressure
• Papilledema - swelling of the optic disk, which is part of the optic nerve

See full list of 41 symptoms of Communicating hydrocephalus (type) (Hydrocephalus)

Treatments for Communicating hydrocephalus (type) (Hydrocephalus)

Treatments for Communicating hydrocephalus (type) (Hydrocephalus) include:

• Surgical shunt
• Permanet surgical shunt
• Treatment of any underlying cause of hydrocephalus

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Treatment of Communicating hydrocephalus (type): For more treatment information about Communicating hydrocephalus (type), see treatment of Hydrocephalus (Communicating hydrocephalus (type))

Communicating hydrocephalus (type): Article Excerpts about Hydrocephalus

Hydrocephalus is a condition in which the primary characteristic is excessive accumulation of fluid in the brain. Although hydrocephalus was once known as "water on the brain," the "water" is actually cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) -- a clear fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord. The excessive accumulation of CSF results in an abnormal dilation of the spaces in the brain called ventricles. This dilation causes potentially harmful pressure on the tissues of the brain. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Hydrocephalus Information Page: NINDS)

Communicating hydrocephalus (type): Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Communicating hydrocephalus (type):

• convulsions
• mental retardation
• communicating hydrocephalus
• non-communicating hydrocephalus
• normal pressure hydrocephalus
• hydrocephalus ex vacu
• obstructive hydrocephalus

Terms associated with Communicating hydrocephalus (type):

Terms Similar to Communicating hydrocephalus (type):

• Hydrocephaly
• Internal hydrocephalus (type)
• Ventriculomegaly
• Hydrocephalus

Source - NIH

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