Iih is an English word of 3 letters. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Iih meaning
Acronym of idiopathic intracranial hypertension.
Using Iih
- The main meaning on this page is: Acronym of idiopathic intracranial hypertension.
- In the example corpus, iih often appears in combinations such as: of iih, iih is, for iih.
Context around Iih
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 10 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Iih
- In this selection, "iih" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, average, develop, occurs and must stand out and add context to how "iih" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include affected by iih is reported and attributable to iih. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "iih" sits close to words such as abad, abovementioned and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with iih
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
IIH does not normally affect life expectancy. (7 words)
People from all ethnicities may develop IIH. (7 words)
Mechanism The cause of IIH is not known. (8 words)
Due to the permanence of the stent and small but definite risk of complications, most experts will recommend that patients with IIH must have papilloedema and have failed medical therapy or are intolerant to medication before stenting is undertaken. (39 words)
These require the absence of symptoms that could not be explained by a diagnosis of IIH, but do not require the actual presence of any symptoms (such as headache) attributable to IIH. (32 words)
The median age at diagnosis is 30. IIH occurs predominantly in women, especially in the ages 20 to 45, who are four to eight times more likely than men to be affected. (32 words)
Example sentences (19)
Despite several reports of IIH in families, there is no known genetic cause for IIH.
These require the absence of symptoms that could not be explained by a diagnosis of IIH, but do not require the actual presence of any symptoms (such as headache) attributable to IIH.
Classification The original criteria for IIH were described by Dandy in 1937. citation They were modified by Smith in 1985 to become the "modified Dandy criteria".
Due to the permanence of the stent and small but definite risk of complications, most experts will recommend that patients with IIH must have papilloedema and have failed medical therapy or are intolerant to medication before stenting is undertaken.
From national hospital admission databases it appears that the need for neurosurgical intervention for IIH has increased markedly over the period between 1988 and 2002.
IIH does not normally affect life expectancy.
IIH is treated mainly through the reduction of CSF pressure and, where applicable, weight loss.
In IIH, by definition all of these are within their normal limits.
In various case series, the long-term risk of ones vision being significantly affected by IIH is reported to lie anywhere between 10 and 25%.
Mechanism The cause of IIH is not known.
On average, IIH occurs in about one per 100,000 people, and can occur in children and adults.
People from all ethnicities may develop IIH.
Prognosis It is not known what percentage of people with IIH will remit spontaneously, and what percentage will develop chronic disease.
Signs and symptoms The most common symptom of IIH is headache, which occurs in almost all (92–94%) cases.
The choice between these two procedures depends on the predominant problem in IIH.
The median age at diagnosis is 30. IIH occurs predominantly in women, especially in the ages 20 to 45, who are four to eight times more likely than men to be affected.
Therefore, IIH can only be diagnosed if there is no alternative explanation for the symptoms.
This occurs in practically all cases of IIH, but not everyone experiences symptoms from this.
Treatment The primary goal in treatment of IIH is the prevention of visual loss and blindness, as well as symptom control.
Common combinations with iih
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of iih 6×
- iih is 5×
- for iih 3×
- iih but 2×
- with iih 2×
- in iih 2×
- iih occurs 2×