Brain and spinal cord tumors Minimally invasive spine surgery Epilepsy and seizures Head and spinal cord injuries Hydrocephalus and normal pressure hydrocephalus Neurovascular problems: including brain aneurysm, aortic aneurysm and abdominal aortic aneurysm, carotid artery disease and arteriovenous malformations Parkinson's disease, essential tremor and other movement disorders Pain syndromes and peripheral nerve disease Degenerative scoliosis, lumbar and cervical stenosis (spineuniverse.com)
The physician's first goal is to rule out other conditions that might be causing the dementia, especially because some causes of dementia are reversible, such as normal pressure hydrocephalus and vitamin B12 deficiency. (verywell.com)
Though they haven't pinpointed the exact nature of the changes yet, the findings may lead to new ways of thinking about certain health conditions — for example, people on long - duration bed rest or people who have normal pressure hydrocephalus, a condition in which cerebrospinal spinal fluid accumulates in ventricles in the brain and causes pressure. (sciencedaily.com)