Increased intracranial pressure - where it comes from?
The brain - a very sensitive organ that responds to external changes. In order for the brain tissue to resist changes in environmental conditions, evolutionarily developed so that the brain as it is placed in a protective liquid medium (cerebrospinal fluid). That is, the brain is literally suspended in the liquor, while in the cavity of the skull under a certain pressure. Intracranial pressure is the pressure of the cerebrospinal fluid in the brain.
What are the main causes of intracranial pressure?
All the liquid space and the ventricles in the skull are connected by channels. That is, the liquor is continuously circulated: he stands out in some parts of the brain, and then flows through the ducts to other departments, being absorbed into the bloodstream. About 6-7 times a day there is a complete update of all liquor.
If the liquor is released too much, then this leads to an increase in intracranial pressure. In general, there are three most common causes of high pressure inside the skull:
overproduction of the CSF;
inadequate absorption of CSF;
violation of patency of cerebrospinal fluid circulation paths.
All these circumstances can arise due to various injuries and diseases such as:
traumatic brain injury;
meningitis;
encephalitis;
congenital diseases of the central nervous system;
violation of the venous outflow of blood;
hypoxia and anoxia;
severe poisoning;
other diseases.
If greatly increased intracranial pressure and continues for a long time, this may lead to increased liquid brain cavities (hydrocephalus).
How to treat intracranial pressure?
For the treatment of increased intracranial pressure need to reduce isolation and increase the absorption of CSF. For these purposes, prescribed diuretics. However, the constant use of diuretics is not always acceptable to the patient.
Today treatments are applied to normalize intracranial pressure without medication. This special exercises to reduce intracranial pressure (applied by the patient alone), individual drinking regime, and small changes in diet, venous unloading of the head with the help of special methods of soft manual therapy.
C can achieve a sustained reduction in intracranial pressure using these methods without continuous use of diuretics. Commonly occurs in the first week of treatment.
In severe cases (eg, cerebrospinal fluid flow after brain surgery or congenital cerebrospinal fluid flow) resorted to neurosurgical operations aimed at allocating excessive amounts of liquor.
What are the main causes of intracranial pressure?
All the liquid space and the ventricles in the skull are connected by channels. That is, the liquor is continuously circulated: he stands out in some parts of the brain, and then flows through the ducts to other departments, being absorbed into the bloodstream. About 6-7 times a day there is a complete update of all liquor.
If the liquor is released too much, then this leads to an increase in intracranial pressure. In general, there are three most common causes of high pressure inside the skull:
overproduction of the CSF;
inadequate absorption of CSF;
violation of patency of cerebrospinal fluid circulation paths.
All these circumstances can arise due to various injuries and diseases such as:
traumatic brain injury;
meningitis;
encephalitis;
congenital diseases of the central nervous system;
violation of the venous outflow of blood;
hypoxia and anoxia;
severe poisoning;
other diseases.
If greatly increased intracranial pressure and continues for a long time, this may lead to increased liquid brain cavities (hydrocephalus).
How to treat intracranial pressure?
For the treatment of increased intracranial pressure need to reduce isolation and increase the absorption of CSF. For these purposes, prescribed diuretics. However, the constant use of diuretics is not always acceptable to the patient.
Today treatments are applied to normalize intracranial pressure without medication. This special exercises to reduce intracranial pressure (applied by the patient alone), individual drinking regime, and small changes in diet, venous unloading of the head with the help of special methods of soft manual therapy.
C can achieve a sustained reduction in intracranial pressure using these methods without continuous use of diuretics. Commonly occurs in the first week of treatment.
In severe cases (eg, cerebrospinal fluid flow after brain surgery or congenital cerebrospinal fluid flow) resorted to neurosurgical operations aimed at allocating excessive amounts of liquor.