My boyfriend had to be checked every several months the first year. Now the nuerosurgeon wants to see him only once a year unless he has any symptoms of a problem.
When a shunt drains to the abdomen
In electrical engineering, shunt means 'parallel'.
The effect of current shunt feedback in an amplifier is to The effect of current shunt feedback in an amplifier is to
'Shunt' is an archaic term, meaning 'in parallel with'. So a 'shunt coil' is connected 'in parallel' with... With what, of course, depends upon what sort of device you are talking about. For example the field coil of a d.c. shunt-connected motor has its field winding connected in parallel ('shunt') with the supply.
A shunt is inserted in the head to relieve water pressure on the brain.
To avoid infections at the shunt site, the area should be kept clean. Cerebrospinal fluid should be checked periodically by the doctor
A ventricular shunt relieves hydrocephalus
Ventricular shunt relieves hydrocephalus, a condition in which the ventricles are enlarged.
The ventricular shunt tube is placed to drain fluid from the ventricular system in the brain to the cavity of the abdomen or to the large vein in the neck (jugular vein).
hydrocephalus
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When infection or disease causes an excess of CSF in the ventricles, the shunt is placed to drain it and thereby relieve excess pressure
Complications of shunting occur in 30% of cases, but only 5% are serious.
Serious and long-term complications of ventricular shunting are bleeding under the outermost covering of the brain (subdural hematoma), infection, stroke, and shunt failure.
It gets obliterated, and hence the atrio-ventricular shunt no more remains functional.
Of patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus who are treated with shunting, 25-80% experience long-term improvement.
I had a friend who had a shunt in their brain and the doctor said if he ever had pains he should go to A&E immediately because it has probably moved and is lodging itself further into the brain and has caused internal bleedinggo to A&E!!!