Hydrocephalus

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disease is a disease that affects the way a person moves. Movement for a parkinson’s sufferer can be slow and shaky. There are different types of parkinson’s, multiple system atrophy (MSA), progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP),normal pressure hydrocephalus and tremors including essential tremors, dystonic tremors, indeterminate tremors and atypical tremors. These tremors are all part of this disease and affect all patients in different ways. Parkinson’s is a progressive neurological condition

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were healthy enough to come home. I was the smaller twin, and as result some of my organs were not as developed like my brain. At three months old I was diagnosed with Hydrocephalus, which is an accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid in the ventricles of the brain which causes swelling and minor brain damage. Due to my Hydrocephalus, some skills such as math and driving are more

of life, from birth to death (Russell). The narrator is suddenly stricken with a disease that harkens back to an illness diagnosed at birth. This rings true to Alexie, he has dealt with illness his entire life. As an infant he was diagnosed as hydrocephalus, the same disease the narrator had suffered in youth. When reading this piece you can hear Alexie's voice exploring a life riddled with sickness. “I was worried I had a brain tumor. Or that my

Pseudotumor cerebri (PTC), also called benign intracranial hypertension (BIH), is characterized by elevated intracranial pressure that is unrelated to hydrocephalus, tumor, brain edema, or any other structural entities associated with normal CSF analysis (12). Usually, PTC presents with headache, and, often, there are changes in the vision of obese women of childbearing age (13). Almost all patients with PTC have headaches, i.e., 90-94%. Their headaches are associat5ed with a feeling of pressure

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relax. Physical therapy was extremely helpful and taught me many useful tips to help with my condition. When I was being diagnosed with cerebral palsy I received a CAT scan which revealed I had a condition unrelated to my cerebral palsy called hydrocephalus which is when there is an abnormal amount of cerebrospinal fluid built up in the in ventricles of the brain for me this was caused by an obstruction that prevented proper drainage. So at the age of four I underwent brain surgery that left me a