INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION - GENERAL CLINIC

Intracranial hypertension



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Intracranial hypertension is the increase in pressure inside the skull caused by increased brain size or amount of fluid due to tumor, hemorrhage, infection, stroke or side effect of medications. Generally, normal pressure within the skull ranges from 5 to 15 mmHg, but in intracranial hypertension is above this value and therefore, in more severe cases can prevent blood from entering the skull, and there is no oxygenation of the brain