Publication Date:
2019-07-20
Description:
While astronauts are returning from long duration spaceflight with multiple ocular signs that mimic those seen in terrestrial patients with elevated intracranial pressure (ICP), evidence has yet to prove a clinically significant increase in ICP during space.1 Preliminary research evidence may even suggest that ICP decreases in microgravity. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) has long been considered the ideal terrestrial analogue to Spaceflight Associated Neuro-ocular Syndrome (SANS).1 However, there are several critical features of SANS that do not complement any reported case of IIH on Earth. These findings mandate a closer look at the accuracy of IIH as a terrestrial SANS analog.
Keywords:
Aerospace Medicine
Type:
JSC-E-DAA-TN51874
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NASA Human Research Program Investigators Workshop; Jan 22, 2018; Galveston, TX; United States
Format:
application/pdf
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