Ventricle Filled

the Extra Fluid

HYDROCEPHALUS IS A CONDITION
CHARACTERIZED BY AN ABNORMAL
ACCUMULATION OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
WITHIN A THE VENTRICLES OF THE BRAIN.
RESULTING IN INCREASES PRESSURE IN THE
BRAIN.
 THE CEREBROSPINAL FLUID (CSF)
SURROUNDS THE BRAIN AND THE SPINA
CORD. IT PLACE AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN
THE BRAIN FUNCTIONS BY ACTING AS
A PROTECTIVE CUSHION TO KEEP THE
BRAIN FROM INJURY ,NOURISHING THE
BRAIN AND REMOVING WASTE
PRODUCTS OF THE BRAIN METABOLISM
CSF IS PRODUCED Y SPECIALIZED CELLS IN
THE CHOROID PLEXUSES OF THE VENTRICLE
OF THE BRAIN PLEXUSES OF THE
VENTRICLES OF THE BRAIN IT CIRCULATES
THROUGH THE VENTRICLE SYSTEM IN THE
BRAIN AND INTO THE BLOOD STREAM.

When the circulatory path of CSF is

blocked the fluid begins to accumulate
causing Hydrocephalus.
HYDROCEPHALUS CAN
OCCUR AT ANY AGE,
BUT IT OCCURS MOSTLY
AMONG INFANTS AND
ADULTS 60 AND ABOVE
CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS USUALLY PRESENT AT BIRTH AND
MAY BE CAUSE BY INFLUENCES THAT OCCUR DURING FETAL
DEVELOPMENTS OR GENETICS ABNORMALITIES
DEVELOPS AFTER BIRTH , USUALLY
AFTER A STROKE MENINGITIS,
BRAIN TUMOR
A PARTICULAR FORM OF
CHRONIC COMMUNICATION
HYDROCEPHALUS THAT CAN
STRIKE PEOPLE AT ANY AGE
BUT MORE COMMON IN
PEOPLE AGED 50 AND OLDER.
OCCURS WHEN THE FLOW OF BLOOD IS BLOCKED AFTER LEAVING THE VENTRICLES
, THE VARIOUS NEUROLOGIC CONDITION CAN RESULT IN COMMUNICATING
HYDROCEPHALUS INCLUDING MENINGITIS SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE.
OCCURS WHEN THE CSF IS BLOCKED
ALONG ONE OR MORE OF THE THIN
CONNECTION BETWEEN THE
VENTRICLE THE BLOCKAGE MAY BE
FROM A TUMOR, IT IS ALSO CALLED
OBSTRUCTIVE HYDROCEPHALUS
e
 Difficulty of
Memory loss Loss of thinking walking
 FOR CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS A
ROUTINE ULTRA SOUND SCAN MAY
DETECT THE CONDITION DURING
PREGNANCY IN THE DEVELOPING FETUS.

IF THE ULTRASOUND CAN SHOW ANY

ABNORMALITY, FURTHER TEST WILL
ORDER .
For Acquired Hydrocephalus, diagnostic
technique usual include examine medical history

*Examining medical history

*Carrying out a physical and a neurological
Exam
* Ordering Brain Imaging Tests.
*CT SCAN

*MRI SCAN
 BOTH CONGENITAL AND ACQUIRED
HYDROCEPHALUS REQUIRE URGENT TREATMENT
TO REDUCE THE PRESSURE ON THE BRAIN AND
REDUCE THE RISK OF DAMAGE OF THE
BRAINSTEM, THE BRAINSTEM REGULATES
FUNCTIONS SUCH AS BREATHING AND HEART
BEAT

The most common treatment option is the surgical

implantation of a Shunt. A shunt is a drainage system that
is made of a long flexible tube which diverts of flow the
fluid into another region of the body , most often of the
abdominal cavity where it can be absorb.
PEOPLE WITH THE CONDITION WILL CONDITION WILL
USUALLY NEED TO HAVE SHUNT SYSTEM IN PLACE FOR
THE DURATION OF THEIR LIFE. IF THE SHUNT PLACE IN
THE CHILD ADDITIONAL SURGERY MAY BE REQUIRED
TO INSERT A LONGER TUBING AS THEY GROW.
ANOTHER TREATMENT OPTION IS
THE ENDOSCOPIC THIRD
VENTRICULOSTOMY . IN THIS
PROCEDURE THE SURGEON
MAKES A HOLE INTO BOTTOM OF
ONE THE VENTRICLES OR
BETWEEN THE VENTRICLES,
CREATING A PATHWAY FOR THE
FLUID TO FLOW OUT THE BRAIN
 Thank you

Reported By:

Mary Armalie B. Araña

Caregiver Batch 91