2019

ASK THE EXPERT - Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH)

Submitted by marwal on Wed, 05/29/2019 - 14:50

The Hydrocephalus Association (HA) has made several very informative videos on YouTube where they interview experts on the theme of Adult hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH) under the title “Ask the Expert – Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH)”.

Link to YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAYKANaEHonmRSXAnlyDyZv8WEGt46uhh

 

Ask the Expert series:

NPH Episode 1: Dementia or NPH?

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Thousands of patients with curable brain condition... - Article in The Daily Mail Online

Submitted by marwal on Fri, 05/03/2019 - 11:41

Thousands of patients with curable brain condition 'may be languishing in care homes after being wrongly diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease'

 

About 20,000 Britons are thought to have normal pressure hydrocephalus    

The condition is caused by fluid becoming trapped on the brain    

Richard Edwards, neurosurgeon, said doctors often mistake the illness for dementia, which has similar symptoms    

 

By STEPHEN ADAMS, HEALTH CORRESPONDENT OF THE MAIL ON SUNDAY    

 

Read the article at:      

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I was misdiagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, article in Financial Times

Submitted by marwal on Wed, 04/17/2019 - 15:50

 Tackling the similar but treatable ‘normal pressure hydrocephalus’ would advance public health.......This patient asked for a second opinion and got in contact with the neurosurgeon responsible for NPH patients in Queen Square, London, Laurence Watkins and then got the correct diagnosis and treatment. Link here. (If the article do not show, google: I was misdiagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease Financial Times) 

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