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VP Shunt Abdominal Pain
by Kurt33, May 24, 2008 08:30AM
My 3 1/2 year old son has been experiencing mild to moderate tummy pain of the past 6 months. The location of the pain is always directly below the tummy inscision area. The neurosurgen believes it is GI related. Multiple test/proceedures/scopes of the GI show no problems. CT scan of the coiled catheter placed in the belly show now problems. However I strongly suspect the the catherter is the source of the pain. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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A pseudocyst is where the fluid being drained from the head is being collected at the end of the tube in peritoneal area and not absorbing, instead its forming a cyst which will need to be removed.
the possibilites that its the tube poking or hitting a nerve is much higher. and ive read many people experienceing this on forums. this too may need sorting out by surgery. the tubing may be inserted in a different place, it may be shortened or it may be replaced with a VA shunt instead of a VP shunt. which means the tube will drain into the right atrium of the heart instead of the peritoneal.
hope this helps =D and send your love to your little boy =D x