is hydrocephaly life threatning if left untreated?
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It absolutely can be. If there is enough CSF in your brain, you could potentially damage very important areas. As long as you can get this treated, you'll be okay. But to leave it untreated is EXTREMELY dangerous.\n\nHydrocephaly in infants is not as dangerous as it is after the fusing of the cranial bones. Once these bones fuse, however, an expanding brain has nowhere to go.
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There a few things to keep in mind.\n\nFirst, I doubt that the hydrocephulus or VP shunt would be a problem during the pregnancy.  However there is a chance that the tubing may malfunction ie stop draining during the pregnancy given that everything gets pushed around inside you abdominal cavity.\n\nSecond, the major dilemma with pregnancy, VP shunts, and your underlying condition  is childbirth.  If you are planning a vaginal delivery, the pushing can potentially increase intracranial pressure which potentially cause problems.  In addition, remember that by pushing you are increasing intra abdominal pressure and that can decrease the flow of the VP shunt.  In general, (I would talk to your neurosurgeon and perineonatalogist  or high risk ob doctor about it), I think a C-section would be safer.\n\nwhat type of hydrocephalus do you have?
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Try a search at http://scholar.google.com for scientific journals and papers.\nI found a reference to both conditions in the report of a meeting (but it's dated, back to 1984):\nhttp://www.springerlink.com/(ajt3uaqoyemidvn1ctmeng45)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,2,15;journal,138,141;linkingpublicationresults,1:101176,1\nA more recent reference:\nhttp://www.co-urology.com/pt/re/courology/abstract.00042307-200105000-00004.htm;jsessionid=EJbhE8FmcU9PcdyGTBP1kds3i2j7oQ7G39yVJPM0Uf5huKE1m6u6!276062241!-949856144!9001!-1
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I personally have had two family members in the past five years who medically were brain dead...I think it would be cruel and inhumane to keep them alive for the sake of keeping them alive.  Its not only wrong for them but also for their loved ones.  I myself would want the plugged pulled if this should ever happen to me...my sister says give her three days...I Will try.  Anyways we allowed our family members to go as soon as the Doctors confirmed that nothing could be done.
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Its a living soul, its should not be anybody choice to take that life away, if you can't raise your child, then you should use protection and if accident happen then you should give your child to adoption agency.....
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means u have hydrocephaly,u might have blocage in the out flow of csf in ur brain.which might lead to increased intracranial pressure.
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Having had one myself, it depends on where it is and what it's doing (i.e., growing or just sitting there)\n\nWhere it is has a big impact on if it's important.  My husband also had one (cortical displaysia actually, but similar) that included seizures, headaches, speech and memory problems.  It was removed and he was back to normal within literally /minutes/ of waking.\n\nMine was more benign.  A colloid cyst which sits in the center of your brain on the membrane connecting the hemispheres.  Mine had to be removed because it grew, but it was not cancer and had no other symptoms.\n\nFind out where, what kind and what size it is.  That will help.
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Being a christian, my personal opinion is that life is precious & we must do our atmost best to preserve that using all method. However having said that, if the spirit has left the body, brain dead in a comatose state & will die naturally with no artificail life support than we should not prelong with addictives the likes of what you mentioned.
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Hydrocephalus is the build-up of pressure in the brain due to an excessive accumulation of cerebral spinal fluid. It may result from genetic abnormalities or injuries. It does tend to happen more in children, but it does happen in adults and there is a condition called "normal pressure hydrocephaly" that occurs in the elderly that can be mistaken for dementia.\n\nUntreated, persons can have brain damage or death. There is a very successul treatment, often surgically implanting a drain (called a shunt) that drains off excess fluid. Early treatment is very important.\n\nSee resources below.
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I wish I could give you a positive view on this, but i can't. some babies are born with disorders, and you probably won't know more about what is going on until the further testing is done. my nephew had siezures when he was a newborn and he is fine now, no learning disorders or anything. So its not always life threatening. but they already detected a problem in the brain, so the baby might have a learning problem. But odds are if it was life threatening, the baby wouldn't of made it to delivery. plus in time the problem could correct itsself. babies do that. I was born with a hole in my heart,and a collapsed lung and my heart healed itsself, so did my lung..point being, it could take care of itsself. where the baby is right now is the best way to know for sure. After the doctors are done, they will let you know what to expect. babies can have silent seizures too which would explain why she stopped moving. my son had one when he was 14 months old, and it took him 6 hours to twitch a finger, his also lasted 15 minutes long not the usual 30 seconds to a minute and a half. Its scary to have to go thru what you are going thru right now, try to stay strong for everyone and hope for the best. sorry I couldn't give you the magic answer. but I figured i would share my experiences with it in hopes that it would help put your mind at ease a little. try to think positive even though at times its hard to do..
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Depends on extent.  \n\nIf it is life-threatening then there is some logic although the trouble will always be in defining the extent.\n\nForce feeding a kid until they are ill = yes\n\nSupersizing their burger = no\n\nNow we just have to define the line between.\n\n\nOnce we have got that sorted what do we do about parents that don't buy the safest car, move to a safer city, haven't provided padding to any sharp bits in the house etc etc.\n\nThere are no easy answers just extremes with an undefined line between them.\n\nEducation rather than punishment is the answer if there is one.
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Lack of oxygen and possible infection\nyou'd need to go see the doctor to get it cleared up.\nDon't let it go untreated for too long or more serious complications could occur.
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Sure, as long as his reproductive organs were not harmed and he is fertile, reproduction should be no problem. Don't worry about being his biologival child, what matters is that everything is okay now.
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CAIRO - An Egyptian baby who underwent a 13-hour operation to remove an extra head will soon be able to breathe on her own, a doctor treating her said on Tuesday.\n\nTen-month-old Manar Maged was suffering from one of the rarest birth defects -- craniopagus parasiticus -- a problem related to that of conjoined twins linked at the skull.\n\nThe head that was removed from Manar in the operation which ended early on Saturday had developed no body, and was capable of smiling and blinking, but not independent life.\nStory continues below ↓ advertisement\n\nNo signs of paralysis\nDoctors have already said that Manar could move all her limbs and showed no signs of paralysis after the operation in a children’s hospital in Benha, near Cairo.\n\n“At the moment only about 15 percent of her breathing is through the ventilator and in about 48 hours we will switch the ventilator off,” Abla el-Alfy, a consultant in paediatric intensive care, told Reuters.\n\nAlfy, part of the team of 13 Egyptian doctors who carried out the operation, said it was too early to say whether Manar could have suffered brain damage.\n\n“In four days or less we will do a ... scan of her brain to see what the situation is,” Alfy said.\n\nCraniopagus parasiticus occurs when an embryo begins to split into identical twins but fails to complete the process. One of the conjoined twins fails to develop fully in the womb.\n\nProfessor Lewis Spitz, a leading expert on conjoined twins at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London said the vital question for Manar was whether brain tissue and blood vessels were shared between the two heads.\n\nHe said it was critical that the blood flow away from the surviving twin was not interfered with during separation.\n\nSpitz did not know how many cases of craniopagus parasiticus have occurred or the number of attempted separations. He said the fact Manar survived is a big achievement in itself.\n\n“It must be quite rare. In about 2 percent of conjoined twins the heads are fused,” he said, adding that an incomplete conjoined twin joined at the head is even rarer.\n\nHe said the incidence of live born conjoined twins is about one in 200,000.\nCopyright 2006 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters.
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Yes, if permanent damage from heart attack or other disease has not occured.  Arteries can be unblocked or rerouted; cholesterol and blood pressure can be lowered; heart failure can be managed.
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"Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus"
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You should ask the doctor or surgeon treating the patient.  I wouldn't even guess unless you told me what part of the brain was damaged.