THE IH BRAIN PAIN TEAM WAS CREATED TO RAISE MORE AWARENESS OF IH, AND SUPPORT THE IH RESEARCH FDTN. The IH Research Foundation is the only non profit organization in the world devoted to supporting the medical research of chronic IH. Their mission is to discover why IH happens, along with new, effective therapies to treat the disorder. Their ultimate goal is to find a cure. For more information on IH please go to the IHRF website. www.ihrfoundation.org IH is an invisible illness where the person looks fine when they are not! The Intracranial Hypertension Research Foundation (IHRF), which is working hard to improve the lives of people affected by IH. Intracranial hypertension literally means that cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure within the skull is too high. Chronic intracranial hypertension (IH) is a serious neurological disorder that can cause severe headaches, vision loss, blindness and life-altering disability. Anyone can develop chronic IH at anytime in life. There currently is no cure. Old names for IH include pseudotumour cerebri and benign intracranial hypertension. Most people have never heard of it, including many in the medical profession. If more people knew about IH, then patients might get treated with the compassion they deserve! IH is sometimes caused by an existing medical condition, but it often occurs without a known cause. Idiopathic IH (IH that occurs without a cause) is considered a rare illness affecting 1 in 100000, though the rate of incidence is …
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