INFORMATION ON INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION

Intracranial hypertension is a rare condition which occurs in each 1 or 2 person over 100,000 people. In children, boys and girls are affected equally, but the majority of cases are seen in women.

In benign Intracranial Hypertension or pseudo tumor cerebri is a condition of increase intracranial pressure for which no specific cause has been fixed. Intracranial hypertension is a rare but potentially serious condition. CARM has been reported benign intracranial hypertension with minocycline, recurring on rechallenge .

The common presenting feature of intracranial hypertension is headache, papilloedema and sometimes sixth nerve palsy. Intracranial hypertension can also cause lasting visual defectiveness or even blindness and signs of this condition are marked congestion and distortion of the optic nerve. Visual loss may occur, which is often treated with cortisone-like compounds.

CAUSES OF INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION

No perfect causes have been discovered yet for Intracranial Hypertension but there are certain risks which may affect its presence
Intracranial Hypertension mostly occurs in women’s in teen age (15-45) and its female and male ratio is between 3:1 to 8:1.
Weight gain is the major problem; almost 90% of Intracranial Hypertension Patients are overweight.
Brain damage becomes even more progressive if intracranial hypertension is a consequence of injury.
Any accident that blocks the regular flow of spinal fluid between the brain and its sub route to the blood, the jugular vein, can cause raised pressure.

SYMPTOMS OF INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION

The main and major symptoms include severe headache, pulsatile tinnitus, visual defectiveness, nausea/vomiting, etc. But most serious is the potential for permanent loss of vision or even blindness.

Intracranial Hypertension occurs mostly in women’s in the teen age between (15-45) years. The symptoms often start during a period of weight gain.
This disease is rare in men’s mainly in thin men’s.
Intracranial Hypertension causes headache headache to its patients

The headaches of the Intracranial Hypertension patients are usually regular and daily. These type of headache are different from other common headaches, may occur the patient and usually last hours.
Another serious problem is Visual loss nearly about 5% of patients go blind in at least one eye. These are usually those patients who do not return for follow-up evaluation.

DIAGNOSIS OF INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION

Generally Intracranial Hypertension causes brain tumors, thorough evaluation is essential to the diagnosis of intracranial hypertension
Radio logic imaging scans are, as a rule, normal in Intracranial Hypertension save for the finding of small or slit-like cerebral ventricles.
CT scan and MRI test are done to exclude tumor and they are generally normal.
Formal visual field testing enables the detection of early vision loss and reduces the causes of blindness.

TREATMENT OF INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION

Treatment of Intracranial hypertension differs from the way of causes.
Firstly person suffered from intracranial hypertension should give regular interval check of its visual fields and regular medical treatment a surgical procedure to lower intracranial pressure should be considered.

Intracranial hypertension is mainly treated through the attempted reduction of cerebro-spinal fluid pressure and applicable where there is weight loss. Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension may resolve after initial treatment, may go into remission and relapse, or may continue chronically. In certain cases of severe obesity, some doctors make use of gastric bypass surgery, though the efficacy of this procedure in the treatment of intracranial hypertension is not fully established.