Medical Treatment: Following things are the main treatments for idiopathic IH:
- If you are overweight, lose weight
- Stop any medicines that may cause your symptoms
- Medicines to remove excess fluid from the body and to reduce the production of cerebrospinal fluid in your brain
- Steroid medication to relieve headaches and reduce the risk of vision loss
- Regular lumbar punctures to remove excess fluid from the spine and help to decrease the brain pressure
- If treatments do not help, may be considered surgery (such as optic nerve sheath fenestration, shunt surgery)