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Uploaded by on Jan 24, 2008

9 June 2001
Water on the brain, or hydrocephalus, causes the head to swell and can be lethal unless fluid is drained off -- a new invention from Mexico is making that process simpler and safer.

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  • I developed hydrocephalus after a bout of meningitis in 1993. FRENCH Government austerity pressure caused my doctor to deny my request for an MRI and my condition was misdiagnosed for years. By that time ventricles were huge and I think they considered me not worth the cost of surgery. I am an invalid now and will certainly die soon. My message is this, In heartless countries (most) socialized medicine is like letting tax accountants determine your medical treatment.

  • I developed hydrocephalus after a bout of meningitis in 1993. Government austerity pressure caused my doctor to deny my request for an MRI and my condition was misdiagnosed for years. By that time ventricles were huge and I think they considered me not worth the cost of surgery. I am an invalid now and will certainly die soon. My message is this, In heartless countries (most) socialized medicine is like letting tax accountants determine your medical treatment.

  • I thought this was going to talk about Mexico losing people with education and training, but instead it is talking about Mexico having an advance in the medical field. The title is quite misleading.

  • @Midas234

    NO. my head is 7 7/8th inches around. And just so we're clear, it's not water that causes it. It's CSF.

  • @Midas234

    My head size has been 7 7/8ths from birth. No

  • @stavrophotography What about the swelling of your head caused by the water in the brain. Has the swelling disappeared ?

  • @tobybelchy explane every deatel to me

  • @stavrophotography how????? plaes explan

  • doctor, doctor. one day we are going to be able to connect the whole brain system and make a spinal cord, and fluids etc. and plug it in to the robot, (REPLICANTS) and we are going to be able to travel into the space,, we are going to be ablle to live forever, this is the very great next step for the humanity, i mean for scientists

  • I have Hydrocephalus

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