Figure Increased intracranial pressure
Increased intracranial pressure
- Lateral ventricle -
Lateral ventricle - Upper venous blood conductor
- Arachnoid villi
(Protuberances)
Liquor outflow into the venous blood - Cerebrum = endbrain -
Telencephalon (Cerembrum) - Skull roof -
Calvaria - Third ventricle
(third ventricle) -
Ventriculus tertius - Water ladder - Aqueductus
(Aqueduct) - Fourth ventricle
(fourth ventricle) -
Ventriculus quartus
Causes:
I - flow obstruction in
Area of the aqueduct
(The drainage path is blocked
due to tumor, abscess, cerebral hemorrhage)
II - fluid increase -
too much brain water (Liquor)
due to cerebral edema (brain swelling)
Use external ventricular drainage as a remedy
Symptoms:
A - nausea, vomiting,
Loss of appetite, headache,
Fatigue, rigidity with decortication
Therapy:
B - head must be stored straight
C - Medicinal
(Diuretics) around the
Increase fluid excretion
D - puncture of the external
CSF spaces (e.g. lumbar puncture)
E - External ventricular drainage -
Drainage of the brain water
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