Hypoxia and Medicine

pseudotumor cerebri?

Hi my husband has a medical condition called pseudotumor cerebri has anyboby had or know anyone with this.This condition is where spinal fluid accumulates on the brain and he has to have spinal taps he has had 380 spinal taps he will need to get a shunt does anyboby have any information about this he needs help.His symptoms include headaches,not ever feeling good,he also has a feeling of blanking out can some boby please help me relieve him from this HELL he has to indure ever day.

Public Comments

1. Try using a 38 special as a shunt. It should relieve the pressure and the suffering. and tell him to stop the pain meds they are addicting
2. Try going to webmd.com for more information. Didn't his doctors give him information and all his options? If not, I suggest you get a second opinion and/or a new doctor!
3. I had that once. I found out about it the hard way. I woke up blind one day. I spent 5 days in the hospital. My spinal fluid was drawn out to test. They gave me water pills and prednisone. They did spinal taps alot to relieve the pressure on my brain. I had massive headaches. But with treatments, it got better and I got over it. I got my sight back after about a weak. Talk about scary. But that was so many years ago. Just make sure he does what he's supposed to do, and he'll be OK. I'll look for a website on it and come back and post it here for you. Good luck. http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/pseudotumorcerebri/pseudotumorcerebri.htm http://www.revoptom.com/HANDBOOK/SECT53a.HTM I dont know what doctor he's going to, but my primary care doctor sent me to the neurologist to take care of mine.
4. Start with reading the Merck Manual which is free online, my home copy of the previous edition list this as Benign Intracranial Hypertension in Section 14 chapter 177. External causes are corticosteroid withdrawal, high vitamin A intake and tetracyclines. Find an Internal Medicine textbook at a library or consider buying one (older versions on Amizon.com are cheap).