Vp Shunt Not Working Symptoms
Loss of previous abilities sensory or motor function fever potentially present with shunt failure or infection.
Vp shunt not working symptoms. Headaches nausea vomiting irritability change in behaviour or intellectual performance etc. Swelling along shunt tract. Redness along shunt tract potentially present with shunt failure or infection.
Redness or swelling where the catheter passes under. Symptoms of shunt malfunction the signs and symptoms of shunt malfunction are the same as for hydrocephalus itself. The most common shunt complications are malfunction and infection.
Bleeding in the brain. Signs that the device is not working as it should include. Sometimes a ventriculoperitoneal shunt may stop working correctly and need replacing.
Fever headache abdominal pain fatigue and a spike in blood pressure levels or having the same symptoms that were present. Shunt malfunction is a partial or complete blockage of the shunt that causes it to function intermittently or not at all.