Increased intracranial pressure in the elderly
Normal people have a certain amount of pressure inside their skulls, called intracranial pressure (ICP for short). It usually refers to the pressure measured by a tube of a certain inner diameter connected to a lumbar puncture in a horizontal lying position with the body relaxed. Therefore, it is more accurately called cerebrospinal fluid pressure. If the pressure in a normal adult exceeds 1.96 kPa (200 mmH2O), it is considered as increased intracranial pressure. When increased intracranial pressure occurs in elderly patients with malignant tumors, most of them are caused by intracranial metastasis.
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Site of disease:
Brain -
Infectious :
Not contagious -
Frequent population:
People with high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes... -
Related symptoms:
Epilepsy and epileptiform seizures headache intracranial hypertension increased intracranial pressure unilateral headache