[eggness]

Hello all,
I have a 14 month daughter ,Vivien , with a VP shunt. She has a twin sister, but Vivien has always been more suseptible to vomitting. She has vomitted for the second day in a row, and we are looking at this as a possible telltale sign of a shunt malfunction. The question I have is, when the shunt fails, are we looking at really frequent vomitting or vomitting that passes and then eveything is fine. Is it enough for vomitting to be the only symptom. There seems to be very little statistical and empirical information on symptoms of shunt malfunction

Thanks,
Diego

[monicad1974]

Everyone is different. I never get sick witha malfuction. I have more pain. I would see your neuro. I rather make a wasted trip than have my child suffer.

[LIZARD]

Last failure I had (26 1/2 years ago), I experienced horrific vomiting (empty stomach ) before entering la-la land. I was really out there, but I don't remember it letting up for any length of time.

Like Monica, I think it largely depends on you, whether there is a blockage or not (or disconnection, or kink, etc), how complete it is, and where it is (closer to the brain, or the stomach).


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[h0ckeyd]

I'm off and on, sometimes I throw up and sometimes I dont......

I mostly sleep though.

But I would definatly get that checked out