I had a shunt inserted many years ago...1967! It was revised when I was 13 and still have the same one.
I find that in times of both high and low atmospheric pressure I feel pain around the eyes and sinuses, am lethargic and feel pain sometimes around the shunt area. Also when I am in an aeroplane that is descending very quickly, as when I flew to Kenya and Tenerife, I was sick for the first day of the holiday!
Does anyone else suffer from these 'flying' headaches who have shunts?
Jed

yes every time the pressure in the atmosphere changes your child may feel the effects .i have found that motrin helps some with son but other than that rest is the best thing to go with it.

I know this is an old thread but You could have easily been talking about my almost four year old child. She has hydrocephalus and was shunted at about 11 months old. About the age of 2 years old she started getting headaches a couple times a month. Some she would just cry that her head hurt, other she would scream in pain and vomit. Each of these would last a few hours then she was fine. We looked for answers for over a year. Finally after switching doctors (ped's not NS) for a third time we got answers. My daughter was diagnosed with Cyclic vomiting syndrome , We soon were off to the neurologist. She now takes a migraine medicine on a daily basis and her cycles have decreased to 1 or 2 every six months.

hi can someone help me out, i was just wondering if my daughter would qualify for ssi, she was born 30wks early and she has hydrocephlus and has had two surgeries. she has a shunt and they are now saying she might out grow that one and have to have surgery again. does anyone know if she will be able to recieve ssi, i have applied and got denied twice, but i am now going to a hearing soon and hoping to win, does anyone out there have any advice i would apprieciate it thanks.