Sentences with phrase «with hydrocephalus»

Not all dogs with hydrocephalus necessarily show signs of it; make annual or twice - yearly vet visits part of your responsible ownership.

If you're currently just beginning your search for a fully underwritten term or whole life insurance policy, you're probably just beginning to realize that if you've ever been diagnosed with hydrocephalus in your life, that diagnosis is going to have a serious effect on the outcome of your life insurance application.

As with people, brain surgery is performed on animals for a variety of ailments, including surgical removal of brain tumors, correction of brain anomalies (e.g., Chiara - like malformation), removal of blood clots (e.g. subdural hematoma) and placement of shunts in patients with hydrocephalus.

They buried their dead, most likely with grave goods, and cared for their living: A child born with hydrocephalus, sometimes called water on the brain, lived with profound disability until the age of 3 or so, a feat only possible with patient, loving care.

They can reach a very large size and are often associated with hydrocephalus at diagnosis.

If you are looking for life insurance coverage for yourself or someone with hydrocephalus as a baby, then that's going to be different from someone who has it as an adult.

Curtis is a 5 - year - old who lives with hydrocephalus, cerebral palsy, and severe vision impairment.

For example, if your baby is diagnosed before birth with hydrocephalus or a congenital heart condition, there are programs that allow you to travel to a specialty hospital to deliver your baby.

«With climate data at this level, we can pinpoint the address of every baby with hydrocephalus and correlate that to a square on the satellite rainfall maps,» said Schiff.

In a final experiment, the group gave the animals a compound that prevented LPA from binding to its receptor on mouse brain cells, right before they were injected with hydrocephalus - inducing LPA.

Compared with a healthy human fetus (left), a fetus with hydrocephalus can not drain the fluid it needs to from its brain.

In their ACEP presentation, Broder and colleagues will describe how they collected 3 - D images of the brain of a 7 - month - old with hydrocephalus, or fluid on the brain, while the baby napped.

The presentations with hydrocephalus or varying degrees of brainstem dysfunction can also impact treatment.

This issue of JVIM has standard articles on wireless EEG, clinicopathologic and MRI features of FIP, and the relationship of brachycephaly in Persian cats with hydrocephalus.

Many veterinarians are not familiar with Chihuahuas as a breed, and mistakenly confuse a molera with hydrocephalus.

Most animals with hydrocephalus are puppies with congenital anomalies that lead to hydrocephalus; they are not born with it but they are born with the anatomical problems that quickly lead to hydrocephalus.

On February 1, 2012, Sprout lost his battle with hydrocephalus.

In young puppies, a large fontanel and clinical signs consistent with hydrocephalus are usually all that are needed to make a presumptive diagnosis.

A selective hypoplasia of the cerebellar vermis is also seen in dogs, and when combined with hydrocephalus and cyst - like dilatation of the fourth ventricle, the condition has been termed the Dandy - Walker syndrome, which may have a familial basis.

This is contrary to popular belief that dogs with hydrocephalus usually begin to seize at less than a year.

Zack has been diagnosed with Hydrocephalus which is an increase of fluid production in the brain.

I'd been ill with hydrocephalus and was operated on, successfully, in November 2008.

There are a variety of possibilities when applying for life insurance with hydrocephalus.

subdural hematoma), and placement of shunts in patients with hydrocephalus.

The one residual symptom, common in dogs with hydrocephalus, is an occasional seizure episode and this is being successfully controlled with a low dose of phenobarbital.

When they did, they saw something startling: Every embryo that got the injection was born with hydrocephalus.

We know a lot about various life insurance companies, which puts us in a great position to help someone with hydrocephalus to find the best possible rate.

A year ago she was diagnosed with Hydrocephalus (water on the brain - and has a VP shunt) with generalized seizures and has grown in all other areas by leaps and bounds, with the exception of potty training.

With hydrocephalus a puppy has an abnormally large head, lethargy, and doesn't grow at a normal rate.

A dog with hydrocephalus can be expected to live a very short life, vs. the average lifespan of 16 + years for a normal healthy Chihuahua dog.

A dog with hydrocephalus will have many soft spots in the skull because the additional fluid in the cranial cavity keeps the skull plates from fusing.

Patients with hydrocephalus have abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the ventricles, or cavities, of the brain.