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View Post: Idiopathic intracranial hypertension in men
29 Nov 2009 by Neurodoc  
NEUROLOGY 2009;72:304-309. 66 men out of 721 consecutive patients were studied. The takeaways are that men. 1. Men were less likely to have HA (55 v. 75 %) but more likely to have visual disturbance. Acuity and fields were worse and men ...
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View Post: Severity of Organ Failure Is an Independent Predictor of ...
25 May 2009 by Reinhard Kitzberger, Georg Christian Funk,...  
Ionized ammonia (NH3) and partial pressure of the gaseous ammonia (pNH3) are associated with hepatic encephalopathy and intracranial hypertension in patients with acute liver failure; NH3 is also believed to contribute to extrahepatic ...
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View Post: Intracranial Hypertension
25 Nov 2009 by Raven  
Many of you might not know this but I suffer everyday from a rare brain disorder called Intracranial Hypertension. People, even doctors do not understand this disease because you do not look sick on the outside but you are very sick on ...
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View Post: Follow-up of Mild Papilledema in Idiopathic Intracranial ...
2 Nov 2009 by Rebolleda, G., Munoz-Negrete, FJ  
The goals of this study were to report the findings of OCT evaluation in adults with papilledema associated with idiopathic intracranial hypertension at onset and for up to a 12-month follow-up and to assess whether the degree of disc ...
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View Post: Intracranial Hypertension – BIH
10 Nov 2009 by admin  
Intracranial Hypertension – BIH Thrumming noise in ears (actually the sound of my own heartbeat). Lethargy that lasted months. Visual blackout that lasts several seconds after standing up. Dizziness on standing/squatting. ...
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View Post: Idiopathic intracranial hypertension
24 Nov 2009 by admin  
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a condition which affects predominantly overweight women and is characterized by raised intracranial pressure without any identifiable pathology in the brain and with normal cerebrospinal ...
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View Post: Follow-up of Mild Papilledema in Idiopathic Intracranial ...
2 Nov 2009
To evaluate optical coherence tomography (OCT) measurement of peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness in patients with mild papilledema associated with idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Methods. ...
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View Post: Pushing Cyanide
19 Nov 2009 by Michelle Riggs  
If anyone has experience with pseudotumor cerebri, also called Intracranial Hypertension, I would love to hear any suggestion you have. Abby has taken Diamox in the past. Diamox was a complete disaster. I would love to find another ...
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