The IH Brain Pain Team are trying to raise awareness for a little known yet devastating brain condition called IH. (Intracranial hypertension.) Old names for IH include Pseudotumour cerebri, benign intracranial hypertension (BIH) and idiopathic intracranial hypertension. (IIH) It can affect anyone at any age, and can cause life altering disability. Most people have never […]
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Waterproof
Intracranial Hypertension (previously known as Pseudotumor Cerebri) is a neurological disorder that i was diagnosed with at the age of 9 years old. It has affected my life so much that i wasn’t even able to attend school for 2 years because of the daily headaches and pain it puts me through. Finally this year, […]
IH BRAIN PAIN TEAM AWARENESS VIDEO. wmv
THE IH BRAIN PAIN TEAM WAS CREATED TO RAISE MORE AWARENESS OF IH, AND SUPPORT THE IH RESEARCH FDTN. The IH Research Foundation is the only non profit organization in the world devoted to supporting the medical research of chronic IH. Their mission is to discover why IH happens, along with new, effective therapies to […]
Living with Intracranial Hypertension AKA Pseudotumor Cere
Some photos of me , and information about my condtion, and the IH research foundation. A longer video is being created.. // created at animoto.com
IH Our Story
Intracranial Hypertension aka IH is a rare disease in which Spinal Fluid builds up in a person’s brain creating severe pressures. The most common symptoms of IH are chronic excrutiating headaches, tinnitus (a condition that causes whooshing in the ears) and papiledema where the pressure becomes so intense it damages the optic nerves causing blindness. […]