Treatments For Cerebral Edema

Osmotherapy

Osmotherapy is mainly done by the use of medications, such as mannitol. This medication works to set up a concentration gradient, which is where there is a stronger concentration of a substance in one area compared to another. The fluid will want to migrate to where the concentration of the substance is higher to make the areas have an equal concentration. In this way, the fluids pooling in the brain are drawn out of that area, and the swelling is decreased. Mannitol works in other ways by decreasing the viscosity of the blood. This means blood is more fluid and less thick, and as such, it can move and transport quicker to restore balance.

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