Pseudotumor Cerebri Support Group

Pseudotumor cerebri (PTC) is a neurological disorder that is characterized by increased intracranial pressure, in the absence of a tumor or other diseases affecting the brain or its lining. Diagnosis requires brain scans and lumbar puncture. Characteristic symptoms are headache, transient visual obscurations or transient visual loss in one or both eyes usually lasting...

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antiquerose 10/15/2015

Hi everybody,

Curious.... did your mother smoke while pregnant with you? Mine did, and I wonder if such is more common in IIH. Thanks.

mellowamethyst 10/15/2015

No, my mother has never been a smoker.

I do know smoking in pregnancy is linked to low birth weight and smoking in the home of babies increases the risk of SIDS, not sure what else may be linked.

Sophiasmom06 10/15/2015

no. my father smoked during my gestation.
in my family this is a familial anatomical problem. my mother has it, my son has it, we have the same face and jaw. I got better after jaw surgery.

ladyabug 10/17/2015

My mother smoked during her pregnancy of me. My mother also had me at 36 my dad was 62. Maybe age?

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