IIH Support Forum

Posting Guidelines The Diet and Exercise board is intended as the board for posting questions and discussions regarding diet and exercise in relation to IIH. There is also a 'child board' for the sharing of healthy recipes and diet tips. Here are the posting guidelines for the Diet and Exercise boa...

Healthy Weight Calculator (ideal weight): http://www.everydayhealth.com/PublicSit ... chart.aspx

We asked forum members what questions they wish they had asked when attending appointments, they came up with the following: 1. How can I have more blind spots now the pap swelling is going down? 2. Why am I losing my vision when I stand/bend over/cough/ stretch/ sneeze? 3. Why do I get strips of li...

You can read and download our Stent leaflet here:

http://www.iih.org.uk/images/STENT.pdf

A short video about the insertion of a VP shunt - just an animated illustration, so don't worry, no gory bits shown.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmym2iFVNw8

Posting Guidelines The Polls board is the place to post polls related to IIH, health, and any other subject related to IIH and your experiences of IIH. Here are the posting guidelines for the Polls board: - Before posting a poll, please check to see if another poll on the same subject has already b...

More can be found about these topics on the Advice and Information board found here:

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Posting Guidelines This board is intended to be a board for discussions relating to womens health and IIH. Here are the posting guidelines for the Men's Health and IIH board: - while general IIH related questions relating specifically to men can be posted in this board - general questions about IIH ...

Posting Guidelines This board is intended to be a board for discussions relating to men's health and IIH. As most of the sufferers of IIH, and most of the members of the forum tend to be women, it's easy for the guys out there to feel left out, so this is their own special place. Here are the posti...

Glossary of terms and abbreviations often used in reference to IIH. A Acetazolamide: see Diamox Amitriptyline : an antidepressant drug which is used in low dosage in IIH to treat some of the symptoms of the condition Analgesic: drug used to produce analgesia, i.e. relieve pain, often referred to as ...