I have a lumbar peritoneal shunt. I have had increased back pain that is terrible at night with pain and pressure in my hips. My neurologist ordered an mri of my lumbar spine. My shunt in at the lumbar valve looks fine-but it did show that I had a moderate amount of fluid in my retroperitoneal space. Is this a normal place for the cos to settle? I was under the impression it would absorb and be expelled as waste.
Hi All the shunts in body when placed does not last longer it gets block soon, but still they're done their job, your back pain could be because of your posture, sleep on water bed, yes peritoneal fluid gets absorb but does not come whole in the form of waste material, it is same like you Chat Doctor.