Transcript Hydrocephalus Project Vietnam

Aid for Kids
18 Market Square, Houlton ME 04730, Tel: 207-532-4107
Hydrocephalus Project
Vietnam
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1
in
500
children
will
be
born
For
a lot of these
it is
Hydrocephalus
is children
a condition
with
Hydrocephalus
already
tooin
late
and an
They
lie
bed…
where
excessive
internal
fluids
What is Hydrocephalus?
operation
no longer
an it
flow
into theishead,
causing
7000 to 8000 children
are
…waiting
to
die
to swelloption.
grotesquely.
suffering from Hydrocephalus
in Vietnam at this moment
What causes Hydrocephalus
and
What can be done?
What is Hydrocephalus?
This child has
hydrocephalus.
With a shunt
implanted, he
He
has
an
could have had a
estimated
two
normal life
more years to
live
 When
The CSF
for
circulates
any
Within
the
brain
reason
from
the
ventricles
volume
there the
are
some
of
towards
CSF increases
a space
cavities
named
within
that
exists
the head
between
ventricles,
where
a
and
the
brain
the
brain,
andas
the
the
liquid
known
size
membranes
of the
Cerebrospinal
Fluid
ventricles
(meninges)
increases
that
(CSF) is produced.
and
this isit,known
from
 surround
The purpose
is to
as
where
Hydrocephalus.
itthe
is brain
protect
This
"eliminated",
translates
into
into
and spinal
cord,
an
the
increase
blood
of head
.
acting
as astream
shock
pressure
absorber. which
It alsocan
cause
of
carriesexpansion
away
the
skull and
disposed
materials.
suffering of the
brain
Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt
 To
A Distal
catheter then

treat Hydrocephalus
fluid to
atakes
shuntthe
is used
to the
place where
it is going
diminish
the volume
of
to be absorbed
. The
accumulated
CSF.
most frequent places
are shunt
the abdomen
and
 The
drains the
the heart.
excess
CSFThis
fromflexible
the
hose is usually
left
ventricle
through
a with
sufficientusing
length,
catheter
a
thinking of
the child's
reservoir
pump
to
growth the amount of
regulate
fluid going out.
Third Ventricular Cisternostomy



Someoperation
kinds of is done with
This
Hydrocephalus
are known
the help of an endoscope
as "non
communicating"
(an
instrument
connected
(because
is no
to
a videothere
camera
which
If
this procedure
isof the
communication
between
allows
the depths
indicated
and
can
be
the ventricles
andand
the
brain
to be
seen)
spaces
around
the brain,
instruments
which
are it
carried
out effectively,
where
the
CSF isit for
passed
through
to make
could be
possible
the
absorbed).
an
opening in the floor of
patient to live without the
the
thirdcases
ventricle,
which
In such
a Third
need
of a the
shunt.
will
allow
passage of
Ventricular
Cisternostomy
CSF
to a
place where it can
can be
done.
be absorbed (subarachnoid
space).
Hydrocephalus Project Vietnam
To
address
Kids
The
cost ofthis
thisproblem,
surgery, Aid
andfor
postoperative
is around
plans
to buildtreatment
a Hydrocephalus
Clinic
and provide$2,000.
funds for surgery so
families
can
get the
they than
need for
This, of
course,
is help
far more
their
children
it is
tooafford.
late.
most
families
in before
Vietnam
can
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Hydrocephalus Project Vietnam

The Hydrocephalus Clinic will be
built in Cu Chi.

Cu Chi lies approximately 40km
northwest of Ho Chi Minh City.

Aid for kids has already secured
the land to build the Clinic on
and is now waiting for funding
to start this project.

Aid for Kids hopes to start this
project at the beginning of 2009
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Hydrocephalus Project Vietnam
The Purpose of the Project is to provide:
 Funding for:

Preventive Surgery

Corrective Surgery
(Surgeries to be carried out at Cho Ray Hospital)
 A Clinic to provide:

Recovery and care

Rehabilitation

Family training and support
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Hydrocephalus Project Vietnam
The funding needed for this project has
been split into three sub projects:
 Planning and Building of the Hydrocephalus
Clinic: $60,000
 Equipment and Furnishings: $60,000
 Consistant available funds for Preventive
and corrective surgery: $50,000
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Hydrocephalus Project Vietnam
You can help in any of the following ways:
 Make a donation
 Sponsor a fund raiser
 If you know anyone involved in a foundation - help
us introduce a proposal.
 Encourage your church to sponsor one child $2,000.
 Join My Power Mall and Shop On Line a percentage
will go to the project.
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Hydrocephalus Project Vietnam
HELP THEM NOW
BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE
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Hydrocephalus Project Vietnam
Aid for Kids would like to start
this Project at the beginning of
2009
Your help is needed.
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Hydrocephalus Project Vietnam
For more information
please contact:
Aid for Kids
18 Market Square
Houlton ME 04730
or visit
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