The condition, called normal pressure hydrocephalus, or N.P.H., is estimated to affect hundreds of thousands of older Americans. Here’s what to know about it.

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A. Normal pressure hydrocephalus itself is usually not fatal in the sense that it will cause such severe pressure in the head—hence "normal" pressure—that a patient will die from the disease.