noise in head from drain shunt
 

hello to all , im a brain aneurysm survivor , and an atemted suicide survivor, i have a medtronic strata drain shunt in my head and at times it makes noise , i had it installed in march of 2011 and hand noise ever since , in december of 2011 my drs at the university of michigan replace a defective valve , this new one makes noise as well , has anyone else had this problem ? / when i lay in bed to go to sleep it sounds like a sump pump running in the basement , on off on off , i listen to it till i fall asleep , its terriable and gives me such neck pain and a headace , i cant believe im the only one with this problem , please let me know if you have this problem as well / thanks big doug

Hi! I realise that it is 8 years since you wrote this, but I want to share my experience. This summer I was fitted with a new Codman certas plus VP shunt, since my Strata was causing overdrainage and low pressure within the skull. I have been having a similar noise ever since when I am standing up and/or working out, like a mechanical kind of buzzing noise or, as you described it, some kind of pump. If you see this, did any neurosurgeon or so figure out the problem? My team knows nothing of what to do, so any info would be greatly appreciated.