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Can You Die From Pseudotumor Cerebri
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Can you die from meningioma?
Yes: All abnormal growths in the brain are serious. A meningioma is brain tumor that can vary from very mild to very severe. Some are very slow growing and depending on the patient's age and risks for surgery "might" not be removed. Most are removed, simply because the earlier one can be removed the less the chance it could grow so big as to kill someone. That is too simplistic an answer. ...Read more
Pseudotumor Cerebri (Definition)
A condition in which the pressure inside the skull increases ...Read more
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Have people died from pseudotumor cerebri?if so how many?
Loss of vision: is your biggest concerns. Some conditions that can produce pseudotumor can kill you (hypervitaminosis A for instance) Pseudotumor cerebri causing death.....only in a contributory way (suicide) ...Read more
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Can you die from chairi malformation?
Unusual: Some CMs are asymptomatic and do not interfere with a person’s activities of daily living.Medications may ease symptoms, such as pain.Surgery, only treatment available to correct functional disturbances or halt the progression of damage to the central nervous system. Most who have surgery see reduction in their symptoms and/or prolonged periods of relief. More serious with syringomyelia assoc. ...Read more
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Can you die from vasculitis?
Vasculitis is a: Very complicated illness. It can be mild or extremely severe and yes patients can die from vascuilitis. When vasculitis (or inflammation of blood vessels) affects organs such as the kidneys and/or brain, and bowel for example severe illness can occur and death can follow. There is treatment and you need to work closely with your doctors to prevent end organ damage and potentially death. ...Read more
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How many people suffer from pseudotumor cerebri?
Pseudotumor cerebri: Pseudotumor cerebri is a relatively common neurologic illness and may be an important preventable cause of blindness in obese young women. As far as incidence i would imagine 1 per 100, 000 to as many as 13 in 100, 000 based on the abstracts. ...Read more
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Can you die from basilar artery migraine?
May be: If you get a serious stroke then you may, usually not. ...Read more
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Can you die from astrocytoma?
Certainly: Survival is related to the grade of the tumor. A high grade tumor also known as glioblastoma is particularly deadly. Lower grades of astrocytoma have a much better chance of survival. ...Read more
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Can you die from fainting?
Almost never, but...: Fainting, as it often happens when not quite enough blood flows to the brain, not due to a heart problem, leads to a quick awakening once the person is lying down for a minute or two. A primary care doctor can evaluate to see if it is just this or more. If one is really unlucky, such as fainting when he is sweeping leaves off his second story roof, he'll tumble off, land on the concrete, and die. ...Read more
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Can you die from cholesteatoma?
In rare cases: Uncommon, but possible.
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Can you die from preseptal hematoma?
No: But you can end up with a hole in the septum. ...Read more
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Can sudden blindness be related to pseudotumor cerebri?
Explanation: The increased intracranial pressure does affect vision with periodic "obscurational" episodes, but sudden bilateral complete blindness does not occur. Instead the vision becomes very blurred with significant degradation which initially returns. If the pressure is not controlled, there is a steady worsening of vision that can lead to blindness. ...Read more
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Can you get optic migraines from a brain tumor?
No, but: The visual phenomena of migraines is caused by changes in blood flow as the arteries in the head narrow (spasm). Brain tumors can also cause visual changes, usually loss of peripheral vision, but other visual phenomena similar to migraines are known to occur. Brain tumors are rare; migraines are not. ...Read more
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Can you die from spermatocele?
No: Spermatoceles are not a danger to health. Rarely they cause discomfort if they are large and they can then be removed. ...Read more
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Can you die from dystonia?
Very unusual to: It would be very unusual for dystonia to be a proximate cause of death, though it can be disabling and lead to complications like clots going to the lungs, infections, or other complications from immobility. ...Read more
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Can you tell me classic causes of extradural, subdural, and subarachnoid haemorrhages?
Most commonly: Epidural and subdural often due to trauma, and less commonly blood clotting or coagulation issues. Subarachnoid bleed usually due to a congenital berry aneurysm, and less commonly arteriovenous malformation rupture. Many other less common causes for all the above. ...Read more
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Can pseudotumor cerebri be fatal?
Pseudotumor cerebri: Pseudotomor cerebri is a very serious disorder and needs to be treated, usually by a neurologist and if treated is rarely fatal. ...Read more
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Can you die from thrombocytopenia?
It can cause Bleedin: Severe thrombocytopenia can cause hemorrhage which can at times be fatal. But the platelet count has drop below 10, 000 before there is such a risk. ...Read more
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Can you die from serum sickness?
Unfortunately...Yes: Serum sickness got it's name from reactions after treatments with high doses of horse serum given for treatments snake bites or tetanus. Antibiotics can also cause this. The persons antibodies clump with the foreign serum proteins. These clumps (immune complexes) can clog small blood vessels in the skin, mucous membranes, joints, kidneys and intestines. Fulminant severe reaction can be fatal. ...Read more
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Can you die from diverticulitis?
It is rare: Diverticulitis has various potential complications which ranges from minor infection which responds well to oral antibiotics, to severe infection and peritonitis caused by spillage of stool from colon into the abdominal cavity. In severe cases it usually needs surgery and in these cases patient may end up having a colostomy. These days it is so rare to die from diverticulitis. ...Read more
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