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Hydrocephalus (Water on the Brain)

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Also known as: water on the brain · hydrocephalus · cerebrospinal fluid circulation disorder · enlarged ventricular system · brain water congestion · Hydrocephalus · shunt · normal pressure hydrocephalus · NPH · water in the head

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Fluid is collecting in the skull that does not belong there — at least not in this quantity. The brain water that normally circulates in a finely balanced cycle — produced, circulated, and reabsorbed — backs up. Pressure rises. In infants the fontanelle bulges, the head grows beyond its natural measure. In adults the pressure manifests as headaches, nausea, visual disturbances, unsteadiness of gait — the body loses its equilibrium.

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