Introduction

Intracranial hypertension (IH) is the medical name for a build-up of pressure around the brain.

It can come onsuddenly for example, as the result of a Head injury, severe , stroke or brain abscess . This is known as acute IH.

It can also be a persistent, long-lasting problem known as chronic IH. This is rare and sometimes it's not clear why it happens.

This page focuses on chronic IH. It covers:

Symptoms

Causes

Tests and diagnosis

Treatments

Outlook

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Medically Reviewed by a doctor on 17 Oct 2016