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Acetazolamide

Acetazolamide is a drug that belongs to the category of diuretic medications. It turns the blood acidic with its action, so that excess water from cells and tissues is pulled back into the blood and removed from the body via urine. This way, it helps reduce blood pressure, the pressure inside the eye (glaucoma), and pressure inside the head. It may be used in seizures, altitude sickness, and heart failure also.

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I have been diagnosed with idiopathic intracranial hypertension and have a few doubts regarding the same. Please clarify.

Query: Hi doctor, I have been diagnosed with idiopathic intracranial hypertension. My CSF result from lumbar puncture was 12.59 inches. I have some questions about IIH. Is IIH a disease or a condition? Is a LP of 12.59 inches and above normal? Is this disease curable? I have been taking tablet Acetazolam...  Read Full »


Dr. Florilyn Joyce Chulsi Bentrez

Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. We take this opportunity to guide you. Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH) is a disorder with no known causes. The risk factors include obesity and female gender, but both of these do not seem to apply to you. Did you take a CT (computed tomography) scan or M...  Read Full »

Seizures in a young female. Is it catamenial epilepsy?

Query: Hello doctor, My 26-year-old wife got her first seizure one year ago and she gets the seizure once every month or two although all her checkups are fine with no sign of epilepsy. The doctor put her on Keppra 500 mg and she still gets her seizures and complains a lot of side effects. I am wondering i...  Read Full »


Dr. Aida Abaz Quka

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Regarding your concern, I would explain that the catamenial epilepsy is a very specific type of epilepsy where a seizure occur every month at the same time closely related to the menstrual cycle. This type of epilepsy is usually refractory to many epileptic drugs. Any...  Read Full »

My pesudotumor symptoms came back after stopping Diamox. Will I go blind all of a sudden?

Query: Hello doctor,I have pseudotumor diagnosed before four years. I was taking Diamox and had a spinal tap. I stopped taking Diamox because I was pregnant before two years, and my symptoms went away along with the swelling. Last year my symptoms came back. I am not able to see an ophthalmologist until fo...  Read Full »


Dr. Magalage Thilanka Kashyapa Perera

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Diamox is to control your eye pressure. It does not treat the actual disease it is to manage your ocular pressure that might have increased due to pseudotumor. Since it is a diagnosis of exclusion, you might have undergone a lot of investigations to exclude all other...  Read Full »

How to recover from altitude sickness?

Query: Hello doctor, I have got really bad mountain (altitude) sickness before five days. They put me on oxygen and gave me a pill at the airport. I traveled back to sea level and seemed to be recovering. I traveled in a car the last couple of days, and I am now with very little medical support. I have wei...  Read Full »


Dr. Sameer Kumar

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. The picture does appear to be that of HAPE (high altitude pulmonary edema). The presence of a headache, difficulty in breathing, chest heaviness, irritability, and stomach pains are initial symptoms of altitude sickness. You have rightly been given oxygen and brou...  Read Full »

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