Hydrocephalus Homeopathic Treatment

Hydrocephalus that develops in children and adults (acquired hydrocephalus) is usually the result of an injury or illness.

Possible causes of acquired hydrocephalus include:

bleeding inside the brain – for example, if blood leaks over the surface of the brain (subarachnoid haemorrhage)

blood clots in the brain (venous thrombosis)

meningitis – an infection of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord

brain tumours

head injury

stroke

Some people are born with narrowed passageways in their brain that restrict the flow of cerebrospinal fluid, but do not cause any symptoms until years later.

The symptoms of hydrocephalus tend to vary greatly from person to person and across different age groups. Infants and young children are more susceptible to symptoms from increased intracranial pressure like vomiting and adults can experience loss of function like walking or thinking.

Infants

Unusually large head size

Rapidly increasing head circumference

Bulging and tense fontanelle or soft spot

Prominent scalp veins

Downward deviation of eyes or sunset sign

Vomiting

Sleepiness

Irritability

Seizures

Children and Adolescents

Nausea and vomiting

Swelling of the optic disc or papilledema

Blurred or double vision

Balance and gait abnormalities

Slowing or loss of developmental progress

Changes in personality

Inability to concentrate

Seizures

Poor appetite

Urinary incontinence

Adults

Headache

Nausea and vomiting

Difficulty walking or gait disturbances

Loss of balance or coordination

Lethargy

Bladder incontinence

Impaired vision

Impaired cognitive skills

Memory loss

Mild dementia

Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: It is a form of communicating hydrocephalus that can occur at any age, but is most common in the elderly. It is characterized by dilated ventricles with normal pressure within the spinal column.

Communicating Hydrocephalus: This type of hydrocephalus occurs when there is no obstruction to the flow of CSF within the ventricular system. The condition arises either due to inadequate absorption or due to an abnormal increase in the quantity of CSF produced.

Non-communication (Obstructive) Hydrocephalus: It occurs when the flow of CSF is blocked along one of more of the passages connecting the ventricles, causing enlargement of the pathways upstream of the block and leading to an increase in pressure within the skull.

Once a physician suspects hydrocephalus, he/she performs a thorough clinical evaluation, including reviewing and recording a detailed patient history and performing a physical exam to assess the condition. A complete neurological examination, including one of more of the following tests, is usually recommended to confirm the diagnosis and assess for treatment options:

Computed tomography scan (CT or CAT scan)

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Lumbar puncture (spinal tap)

Intracranial pressure monitoring

Isotope cisternography

The tests may reveal useful information about the severity of the condition and its likely cause. Once hydrocephalus is suspected, it is important that a neurosurgeon and/or neurologist become part of the medical team for their expertise on interpreting test results and treating the condition.

Since there is no effective allopathic treatment, why not try homeopathy? The homeopathic treatment of Hydrocephalus is a unique opportunity for homeopaths. I would like to share my experiences using homeopathy in the treatment of this disorder.

Homeopathic treatment is known to cure the disease by eliminating the root cause of the condition. It not just removes the symptoms, it eradicates the condition permanently. It may take more time than the typical Allopathic ways but there are no side effects of the medicines. The drops or pills are devised according to the potency required by the patient. In case of treating hydrocephalus babies, homeopathic treatment mainly balances the electrolytes in the brain without undergoing the surgical procedures.

Allopathic treatment involves surgical procedures for the brain which are seldom recommended for the babies.

The side effects of the surgery can be of pathological nature i.e. bacterial infection can prove deadly for the delicate brain of the baby.

Homeopathic remedy is cost effective too.

High risk surgery with few chances of survival is never an acceptable option.

Last but not the least, there are no side effects of homeopathic treatment.

Homeopathy treats the person as a whole on wholistic concept. It means that homeopathic treatment focuses on the patient as a person, as well as his pathological condition based on symptoms.Symptoms are sign of internal turbulance or loss of equilibrium. The homeopathic medicines are selected after a full individualizing examination and case-analysis, which includes the medical history of the patient, physical and mental constitution, family history, presenting symptoms, underlying pathology, possible causative factors etc.A homeopathy doctor tries to treat more than just the presenting symptoms. The focus is usually on what caused the disease condition especially. Why this patient is sick in this way while others not in same house or condition. The disease diagnosis is important but in homeopathy, the cause of disease is not just probed to the level of bacteria and viruses. Other factors like mental, emotional and physical stress that could predispose a person to illness are also looked for. No a days, even modern medicine also considers a large number of diseases as psychosomatic. The correct homeopathy remedy tries to correct this disease predisposition. The focus is not on curing the disease but to cure the person who is sick, to restore the health. If a disease pathology is not very advanced, homeopathy remedies do give a hope for cure but even in incurable cases, the quality of life can be greatly improved with homeopathic medicines.

Apis Mellifica – Best Medicine for reduce inflammation & Edema 

Sequela of exhaustive diarrhoea or summer complaint, anterior fontanelle very large and sunken in; heat in head, rest of body cold; child wakes up with a scream; stools thin, watery yellow, (<) morning; AT EVERY MOTION OF BODY BOWELS MOVE AS IF THE ANUS HAD NO POWER, OFFENSIVE OR NOT; ghastly paleness; sickness of stomach and vomiting when child is raised up; great emaciation and prostration; pulse filiform while the heart beats violently against chest; faint flushes upon one or the other cheek; absence of thirst, with dry tongue and dry, hot skin; apathy; slight reaction to light and sound.

Cadmium-sulph [Cadm-s] for epileptic attacks, of one arm and one leg.

After severe cholera infantum child lies with its eyes open and apparently unconscious, stupor as from sleep, hates being moved or spoken to; great exhaustion; cold sweat on head; cold extremities.Weakness remaining after epileptic attacks, of one arm and one leg. Formication between the skin and deep tissue. Numbness; of parts, nose, head etc. Paralyzed parts painful or crawling in.

Calcarea Phos – When Head Appears to be Too Large with Open frontalle

Calcarea  Phos is useful for both acute as well as chronic hydrocephalus cases where a child has open fontanelles. Along with hydrocephalus meningitis can be present.FONTANELLES, ESPECIALLY POSTERIOR ONE, WIDE OPEN; child cannot hold the head up, moves it from side to side or totters; takes no interest in anything; always worse at the wane of day; face pale, sallow, yellowish; body cold; peevish and fretful; great longing for bacon, salt meat.

Helleborous – When Child Rolls Head from Side to Side

Its use is considered in cases where a child rolls head side to side frequently day and night. He also screams a lot. He may have trembling hands. His eyes have a vacant look and sometimes squinting eyes may be noted.Lethargic condition, with outcries and startings; SPASMS BEGIN AND END IN SLEEP; forehead wrinkled, with cold, viscid sweat; rolling of head which is bored back in the pillow or upon the arm of the nurse; hands cold, with a paralytic condition or automatic motion of one arm and one leg, usually right arm and left leg (Apis); pulse almost imperceptible.

Phosphoric Acid – When Child is Dull and Sleepy

This medicine is well indicated for cases where a child is dull and very sleepy. He tends to sleep all the time, has marked weakness and low energy levels.LISTLESS AND APATHETIC, does not want to do anything; does not want to talk, hardly answers; sinking back in apathy; involuntary; undigested, diarrhoeic, painless stools; copious urination, especially at night; child weak, pale, cold; emaciation.

Zincum Best for Child rolls head  

Rolling of head; child awakes from sleep as if frightened and looks around the room terrified; OCCIPUT HOT AND FOREHEAD COOL; grinding of teeth; eyes sensitive to light, fixed and staring; face sunken and pale or alternately red or pale; jerking of muscles during sleep; constant fidgety motion of feet.