About BIH

BIH is also known as Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension or Pseudotumour Cerebi. It is a rare condition affecting about 1 or 2 people in every 100,000. Although anyone can be affected it is most common in women of childbearing age who have a tendancy to be overweight. There are no definate causes of BIH. Links have been made with hormone imbalance, being overweight and steroid withdrawl but there are no particular causes.

Symptoms

• Everyone is different. Some people just have one symptom, others show them all.
• Headaches
• Visual Disturbances
• Dizziness
• Back Pain
• Neck Pain
• Memory Problems
• Tinnitus
• Photophobia
• Nausea and Vomiting
• Disorientation
• Depression

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