His Majesty recovers from hydrocephalus, lung inflammation

MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 2015
His Majesty recovers from hydrocephalus, lung inflammation

His Majesty's condition from hydrocephalus and chest inflammation has improved, the Royal Household Bureau announced on Monday night.

In its 14th announcement on the King's health, the bureau said that after an extensive medical checkup earlier in the year, the doctors learned that His Majesty had developed hydrocephalus, or an abnormal accumulation of water in the brain.
During his stay at the hospital, His Majesty was also found to occasionally have high fever, phlegm and palpitation -- symptoms that were later diagnosed as lung inflammation.
Doctors treated this condition by providing His Majesty with physical therapy and medication to help clear the lungs, and even provided him with oxygen at times.
After conducting extensive checks, including intracardiac electrogram, the doctors later learned that the treatment was a success and His Majesty's heartbeat had returned to normal and inflammation cleared.
A brain scan this month also showed that the hydrocephalus condition had cleared, the bureau adde