> What connected the gait with whatever it was?
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>> =Tamar
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>It was hydrocephaly, where the pressure in the skull is not controlled. Gait
>indicates impaired function of the brain stem, which is different from the
>memory issues of Alzheimer's. Surgically, they implanted a little pressure
>relief valve that relieves the pressure. As many as 5% of what is diagnosed
>as Alzheimer's is actually hydrocephaly.
Does any impaired gait indicate hydrocephaly, or is there a specific dysfunctional gait that means that and not something else like cerebral palsy or MS or MD?
=Tamar