What Is Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus? Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is a condition that happens when you have too much of a certain kind of fluid in parts of your brain. Hydrocephalus ...

Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (INPH) is a syndrome that is characterized by gait impairment, cognitive decline and urinary incontinence, and is associated with ventriculomegaly in the ...

Normal pressure hydrocephalus is a form of adult hydrocephalus with ventriculomegaly in the absence of any structural blockage of the cerebrospinal fluid circulation. Normal pressure hydrocephalus is ...

1 For example, a reading of 120/80 mm Hg means a systolic pressure of 120 mm Hg and a diastolic pressure of 80 mm Hg. The ...

The syndrome of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (INPH) is characterized by ventriculomegaly in the absence of raised intracranial pressure and presents as the clinical triad of gait ...

Learn more. DEAR DR. ROACH: Could you address the issues that come with the diagnosis of normal pressure hydrocephalus? My 82-year-old husband was diagnosed with NPH after experiencing a slow ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: Could you address the issues that come with the diagnosis of normal pressure hydrocephalus? My 82-year-old husband was diagnosed with NPH after experiencing a slow decline in ...

Keeping one's blood pressure levels in the normal range is important. Blood pressure that's too high (hypertension) can cause severe headaches, blurred vision and may even lead to heart disease or ...

Rarely, hydrocephalus occurs from excess CSF production. One presentation of communicating hydrocephalus is that of normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH), wherein the opening pressure is within normal ...

This new sustained intracranial pressure, although within the normal range of 60 240 mm H 2 O, is higher than pressure prior to the onset of INPH (Relkin et al., 2005). In INPH, as CSF gradually ...

Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) happens when too much fluid builds up in a person’s brain without increasing pressure in their brain tissue. People who have NPH are usually aged over 60. Unlike ...