Hydrocephalus is a condition that many people have probably heard of, and it is a condition that can have a significant impact on your health. Hydrocephalus can be caused by a number of factors, such as craniocerebral trauma, inflammation, brain tumors, or brain hemorrhage, to name a few. Once hydrocephalus occurs, it should not be taken seriously and should be treated actively to minimize the damage. In the clinic, the typical symptoms of hydrocephalus are headache, dizziness, nausea and vomiting, blurred vision and slow reaction. Some serious patients will have motor dysfunction, unsteady walking, incontinence, or even progressive dementia leading to bed-ridden and so on. In fact, the harm of hydrocephalus is far more powerful than we understand, once the disease should go to a regular hospital. Common treatment methods include medication and surgery, but medication can only alleviate mild symptoms, not very useful for patients with more serious symptoms, which need to be treated by surgery. General hydrocephalus what degree to do surgery? Many patients are puzzled, here to tell you that the surgical treatment of hydrocephalus needs to be carried out by professional clinical neurosurgeons according to the patient’s specific situation for a comprehensive assessment, through the detailed diagnosis, to better formulate a treatment plan. At present, most of the hydrocephalus requires surgical treatment.