What causes hydrocephalus?

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In recent years, the disease of hydrocephalus has a high incidence in adults, children and the elderly. When people hear the disease of hydrocephalus, they will be very panic, because the harm caused by this disease is very big, so what is the cause of hydrocephalus in adults? Hydrocephalus is mainly due to the obstruction of the channel of cerebrospinal fluid, which will cause hydrocephalus. Today, we're going to have a detailed understanding of what causes hydrocephalus in adults.

What causes hydrocephalus?

Hydrocephalus will lead to increased intracranial pressure. At this time, it will cause bilateral red beans to be compressed, directly causing blood flow obstruction. Therefore, it will also cause compensatory external jugular vein system to increase blood flow, which will also cause secondary scalp vein distention.

There will always be enlargement. At this time, cerebrospinal fluid will directly enter the surrounding tissue of ventricle, causing edema. In this case, we mainly choose cerebrospinal fluid shunt, which can make the ventricle return to normal size, but the brain histological changes can not be restored.

The incidence rate of hydrocephalus is not very clear so far, mainly in infants and young children, the probability of hydrocephalus is very high, so simple congenital hydrocephalus will occupy a large component. When adults appear hydrocephalus, the patient's ventricular system will be expanded by cerebrospinal fluid accumulation.

matters needing attention

What we said above is the main factor of hydrocephalus in adults. In our daily life, we'd better develop good living habits, exercise our body more, and go to the hospital regularly to detect hydrocephalus as soon as possible.