What is Hydrocephalus?
'''Hydrocephalus''' is caused by too much [[cerebrospinal fluid]] in the [[brain]].<ref name=NIH2016>{{cite web |url=http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/hydrocephalus/detail_hydrocephalus.htm |title=Hydrocephalus Fact Sheet |date=April 5, 2016 |website=NINDS |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160727231854/http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/hydrocephalus/detail_hydrocephalus.htm |archive-date=27 July 2016 |url-status=live |access-date=5 September 2016}}</ref> Which can be mistaken for brain cancer, brain dysfunction or aneurysms. This causes higher pressure inside the skull. Older people with this may have [[headache]]s, [[double vision]], poor balance, [[urinary]] problems, personality changes, or [[mental impairment]]. In babies, it may be seen as a rapid increase in head size. Hydrocephalus can happen as a [[birth defect]]s or can also happen later in life.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Kahle KT, Kulkarni AV, Limbrick DD, Warf BC |title=Hydrocephalus in children |journal=[[The Lancet]] |volume=387 |issue=10020 |pages=788–99 |date=February 2016 |pmid=26256071 |doi=10.1016/s0140-6736(15)60694-8|s2cid=27947722 }}</ref> Other causes include [[meningitis]], [[brain tumors]], [[traumatic brain injury]], or brain [[hemorrhage]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{-}} {{stub}} [[Category:Medical emergencies]]