How is external cerebral hydrocephalus treated in adults treated?

1 Conservative method of therapy

Such treatment of the disease is usually carried out with the acquired form of hydrocephalus. The root cause of the disease in adults may be:

• suffered craniocerebral injury;
• inflammatory diseases;
• hemorrhage in the ventricles.

Conservative treatment is just one way to get rid of a disease that does not involve surgical intervention. If the patient has an external hydrocephalus of the brain, then he is prescribed diuretics, saluretics, furosemide and ethacrynic acid, which, in turn, partially remove the excess liquid and leave in the body potassium and other useful microelements. Taking diuretics for a long time is not recommended, since they can provoke dehydration of the body.

All diuretics can be divided into 3 groups: loop, osmotic and inhibitors of carbonic anhydrase. The first include highly active and powerful diuretics. Their main task is to inhibit the transport of chlorides and slow the reverse absorption of sodium ions. Furosemide belongs to this group. The dosage of the drug is prescribed exclusively by the attending physician. At dizziness osmotic preparations, for example Mannit or Triampur Kompozitum are prescribed.

A beneficial effect on the central nervous system is provided by Cortexin, which performs antioxidant, neuroprotective and nootropic effects. Treatment of hydrocephalus is not without drugs that normalize the blood circulation of the brain, dilating the blood vessels, supplying tissues with oxygen.

In addition to the above medicines, a patient suffering from external cerebral hydrocephalus is prescribed glucocorticosteroid agents, plasma replacement solutions, anti-migraine drugs and anti-inflammatory drugs.

To obtain the desired result, in addition to strict adherence to medication and doctor's recommendations, it is possible to conduct manual therapy, adhere to a special diet, therapeutic gymnastics and control the amount of fluid consumed.

Patients are prescribed drugs that have diuretic and vasodilating effect, which, in turn, restore the central nervous system and promote circulation of cerebrospinal fluid. The use of inhibitors of carbonic anhydrase reduces the production of cerebrospinal fluid, and saluretics lead to an improvement in venous outflow. Do not forget that the main task of taking medications is to make the disease slow and the patient's condition improves. Unfortunately, drug therapy rarely leads to absolute recovery.

2 Surgical method of treatment

If conservative treatment after 2-3 months does not give positive changes and the process can not be stabilized, then it is impossible to do without surgical intervention.

In recent years, special treatment has acquired the hydrocephalus of the brain with the help of endoscopy. Currently, in the field of therapy of neurological diseases, low-traumatic operations are already performed with the help of neuroendoscopic intervention. However, some are convinced that this method of treatment can not be used in all types of manifestation of the disease.

The advantages of endoscopy include low traumatism, the absence of an alien body in the body, the normalization of the liquor and the improvement of the quality of life of the patient.

This method consists in introducing a special device into the brain channels, which has a neuroendoscope at the end. Watch the process of operation on the big screen. Using a catheter on the bottom of the third ventricle make a small hole. Due to this operation, the patient's condition is normalized.

Perhaps the most common way to treat a disease such as external hydrocephalus in adults is bypass surgery. During the operation, using special tubes and a valve, the liquor is discharged into the body cavity. Neurosurgeons distinguish several types of such surgery. With ventriculo-peritoneal shunting, the main task is that the cerebrospinal fluid enters the abdominal cavity. Ventriculoatrial surgery is performed with the right atrium, the ventricles of the brain are connected to the superior vena cava. The essence of ventriculocisternostomy is that the cerebrospinal fluid enters the large occipital cistern. As a rule, such operations are carried out within 1.5-2 hours. If a malignant tumor is found during the procedure, then it is removed.

Shunting can lead to complications such as: pressure ulcers, shunt integrity disorders, weak or too rapid outflow from the ventricles, stasis in the abdominal cavity, and infection of the shunt, and as a result, the brain.

Extra fluid that accumulates in some parts of the brain is excreted by puncture. In acute forms of the disease, lumbar surgery is contraindicated.

3 Non-traditional recipes to combat the disease

As an additional and auxiliary therapy, patients often resort to folk medicine. However, treatment of the disease in this way will not replace conservative therapy and will not be effective in exacerbating the dropsy of the brain. Patients are treated as infusion from a single herb, and by harvesting plants. Unconventional treatment provides for a long reception of medicinal decoctions.

Among the variety of recipes, the most effective are decoctions and infusions based on juniper berries, nettle roots, plantain leaves, marsh aureus, oregano grass and parsley.

The latter plays a special role in the treatment of hydrocephalus in the home. To prepare the broth, 1 kg of parsley should be poured into 1 liter of milk and put on fire. The mixture should not boil. After 1.5-2 hours, the healing broth is ready. The liquid is filtered and taken every day.

The second way to prepare a decoction of parsley must start with the fact that the greens need to be finely chopped. Then the chopped parsley is introduced into boiling water and left to be infused. Add the lemon juice to the resulting infusion and mix everything thoroughly. These recipes help to remove swelling.

As a diuretic at home, you can use celery, black currant or watermelon.

At the initial stages of the disease, the juice of black radish or pumpkin, a decoction based on black elderberry, is good.

If the disease occurs with difficulty urinating, then it is necessary to apply infusion of meadow clover. To prepare a recipe, you can take both dry and fresh plant heads. They need to be poured with wine and left for 2 weeks. The present liquid must be shaken thoroughly before use.

To improve the general condition will help the right diet. In the diet menu you must include vegetarian food, for example zucchini, cucumbers, cabbage, parsley, pumpkin. Especially useful for the body are lemon and honey. The amount of salt used should be reduced. Black tea or coffee should be replaced with a decoction based on the melons of watermelon.