Get your shunt replaced or repaired, keep at the doctors til they realise how serious it is, that's what I had to do for my son, he was rushed as an emergency in the end despite me telling them 2 weeks earlier it was his shunt.  He is fine now, recovering nicely.

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From: Sweetrse1@...
Reply-To: hydrocephalus@yahoogroups.com
To: hydrocephalus@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [hydrocephalus] Shunt Related Headache Location
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:50:33 -0400

Do you also have drainage coming out of your ears or ear plus severe pain which feels as if were deep inside the ear canal ?  I suffer from that problem pretty much on a daily basis.  I take pain meds ALL the time.  If I didn't there would be no way for me to function.  Just making minimal movements that jar my head.  Air also triggers the problem.  Do you take pain meds ?  If so, what type ?  I am still attempting to find the right one for me.  Do you have vision loss ?  My peripheral vision in the left eye is practically gone.  I am wondering if the sight loss is due to my hydro ?

Jill


-----Original Message-----
From: tom parady,jr <tomgpjr@yahoo.com>
To: hydrocephalus@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:12 am
Subject: Re: [hydrocephalus] Shunt Related Headache Location

I get the same kind of problems and the scans always show slits  when my headaches come I can only get relief by lying down. I also have 2 shunts due to a partial blockage in my right one so they put in a second in 92  
 
Sweetrse1@aol.com wrote:

I have chronic head pain as well.  I have also had a CT scan which a NS determined that there was no need for surgery to fix the problem, and he referred me to a Neurologist.  The neurologist informed me that my head pain is the result of too much fluid being pumped out by my Programmable shunt.  I am still waiting to hear back from my NS regarding this problem.  I also have chronic left ear pain as well.  Is anyone else dealing with the same problems ?

 

Jill  31yrs old mother of two beautiful children


-----Original Message-----
From: Ilana2@yebo.co.za
To: HYDRO LIST <HYCEPH-L@PO.MISSOURI.EDU>; HYDRO YAHOO <hydrocephalus@yahoogroups.com>; VIPHydrocephalus <VIPHydrocephalus@groups.msn.com>
Sent: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 9:29 am
Subject: [hydrocephalus] Shunt Related Headache Location

What areas of the head will pain if headaches are caused by chronic shunt over-drainage and what areas of the head will pain if the headaches are caused by chronic shunt under-drainage? Ilana Deaf-Blind N24M 8/5/00 Nucleus Freedom 8/5/06 Ilana2@yebo.co.za

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