Vp Shunt Weight Gain

Redness along shunt tract potentially present with shunt failure or infection.

Vp shunt weight gain. Tell your healthcare providers if you gain or lose weight. In one patient patient 2 headache reappeared 5 years after the shunting procedure and this was concomitant with recent weight gain. You need to consult your physician for poor weight gain.

Call 911 for any of the following. Older adults with normal pressure hydrocephalus. Vp shunting is a surgical procedure that primarily treats a condition called.

Vp shunt is not related with body weight at all. She has fought to loose weight she now has lost 60lbs on a meal replacement plan and with the help of dr. Pain and pressure in abdomen.

Your shunt valve may need adjustment. Symptoms with my lp shunt pain in epidural injection site 8 months later hair at site of midfoot fusion the effect of weight gain on an lp shunt iih and lp shunts communicating hydrocephalus new frustrated scared in need of support i guess my lp shunt is it related in anyway to my shunt for bih. Although ventriculoperitoneal vp shunts do not have fewer complications than ventriculoatrial shunts the complications are less severe and have a lower mortality rate.

You feel sleepy or have problems waking. You have nausea or are vomiting even after treatment. You feel dizzy or your vision changes.

When should i seek immediate care. The shunt became infected and was removed an admission ct brain scan demonstrated increased ventricular size when compared with a study done 2 yr earlier. People who are diagnosed and treated in adulthood including those with nph tend to revert to the symptoms they experienced before initial treatment when they are experiencing a shunt malfunction.