Is dizziness normal after hydrocephalus surgery?


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Dizziness after hydrocephalus surgery is not a normal manifestation, the main reasons are the following two: first, hydrocephalus caused by unstable intracranial pressure, hydrocephalus drainage if the intracranial pressure will show low intracranial pressure syndrome, patients will show dizziness, headache, nausea, general weakness symptoms, this time should be a lot of fluid replacement, while maintaining the balance of water and electrolytes. Second, cerebral blood supply deficiency, mainly considered after brain surgery caused by cerebral blood supply deficiency, cerebral ischemia, hypoxia caused by dizziness, headache symptoms, serious patients may cause limb numbness and weakness, it is recommended that patients go to the outpatient department to check CT or MRI to rule out cerebral infarction, can be given to improve circulation drugs.