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10 months old baby seeks help
18 May 2016 at 16:05hrs | Views
A Hwange women from Makwika village is appealing for funds for her 15
months old baby girl who is suffering from hydrocephalus to undergo an operation to drain fluid from her brain.
The woman Brenda Ncube said her daughter Kelsey needs to under go an operation on her head so that a tube be inserted into the brain to drain the fluid.
The operation, VP shunt, costs $400 with other medical costs yet to be quoted.
"I am asking for help for the VP shunt and X-ray. They are saying they will give us the whole quotation on Friday and as soon as I get all the details I will unveil them to you," she said.
"The child has a swollen head and doctors are saying its full of fluid which needs to be drained and a tube should be installed which will then be used to drain the water. The expenses are too much and we are in a serious fix."
Baby Kelsey
Ventriculoperitoneal shunting
A brain shunt is a narrow piece of tubing that is inserted into the brain in the fluid-filled ventricle. The tubing is then passed under the skin into another area of the body, most often into the abdomen.
Occasionally, the shunt tubing can be placed into one of the chambers of the heart or the lining of the lungs. The shunt tubing relieves pressure on the brain, a condition known as hydrocephalus, by draining the extra fluid in the brain ventricle(s) to a different area of the body where it can be absorbed more quickly.
Ncube can be contact on +263 78 216 1424
The woman Brenda Ncube said her daughter Kelsey needs to under go an operation on her head so that a tube be inserted into the brain to drain the fluid.
The operation, VP shunt, costs $400 with other medical costs yet to be quoted.
"I am asking for help for the VP shunt and X-ray. They are saying they will give us the whole quotation on Friday and as soon as I get all the details I will unveil them to you," she said.
"The child has a swollen head and doctors are saying its full of fluid which needs to be drained and a tube should be installed which will then be used to drain the water. The expenses are too much and we are in a serious fix."
Baby Kelsey
Ventriculoperitoneal shunting
A brain shunt is a narrow piece of tubing that is inserted into the brain in the fluid-filled ventricle. The tubing is then passed under the skin into another area of the body, most often into the abdomen.
Occasionally, the shunt tubing can be placed into one of the chambers of the heart or the lining of the lungs. The shunt tubing relieves pressure on the brain, a condition known as hydrocephalus, by draining the extra fluid in the brain ventricle(s) to a different area of the body where it can be absorbed more quickly.
Ncube can be contact on +263 78 216 1424
Source - Byo24News
