Definition
It yields 500 milliliter cerebrospinal fluid and it is absorbed after circulation. When cerebrospinal fluid is congested and absorbed abnormally, such accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid is deemed hydrocephalus.
Symptom
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Patients often suffer from vomiting and minimally consciously state.
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Usually children have bigger head circumference.
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Patients are out-eyelid.
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Young patients are incapable of looking up because of the down-warded eyelid.
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Patients also suffer from headache or dementia.
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Patients are unable to walk firmly and stably.
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Incontinence.
After-Surgery Care
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Avoid pressing the wound.
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Encourage patients to take a deep breath and cough.
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Enhance chest care, phlegm patting, and sucking to prevent fever and pneumonia.
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Turn the body over every one or two hours.
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To assess possibility of intracranial hemorrhage, keep an eye on patients’ consciousness to see if they are in coma or start talking nonsense.
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Encourage patients to move about after 24 hours of resting in bed.
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Reduce visiting hours to prevent excitement and stimulation.
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Avoid restraining patients to prevent possible emotional excitement.
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Prevent constipation because it triggers intracranial hypertension.
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To prevent upset abdomen, have patients intake small portion each meal and increase the frequency of their meal intake.
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Have patients drink 1000~1500C.C. of water to lower the chances of intracranial hypotension.
Caution
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Regularly return to the hospital for the follow-up.
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Maintain dryness and cleanness of your wound.
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Return to the hospital immediately if your wound gets red, swollen, heated, and painful.
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Note: Return to the hospital immediately if you feel nauseated, vomiting, feverish with severe headache and twitch, and breathing abnormally.
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