I used to work with a guy that had what looked a bit like a Schrader valve (I never got close and looked) a little bit behind one of his ears. I worked with him for a while but never asked what it was for. Any chance you could give some idea as to what it was for? I assumed he may have had a TBI at some point (I feel like I remember an IED story from him) and it was to relieve pressure or something.
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godzillabacter@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoAm a doctor, this wasn’t actually a migraine and is not how migraines happen. Shunts are placed for elevated intracranial pressure, which can occur for a number of reasons, and do cause headaches. But it’s a very uncommon cause of headaches and a shunt will not fix your actual migraines or tension headaches.
ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
godzillabacter@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
No idea unfortunately, but definitely not to release pressure. You don’t get air in your brain, it’s all fluid. Outside of the hospital, all the drains drain to somewhere internal, usually the abdominal cavity
MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
There’s brain fluid in my tum tum?
csh83669@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
I have something that looks like that. Mine is a bone mounted hearing aid. Usually there’s a little device plugged into it.
over_clox@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Thank you for your actual medical experience 👍
Now go talk to David M. and ask him, last I know he’s still alive.