# @avalahealth on Facebook

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- **Original URL:** https://www.facebook.com/1417152410454858/posts/1150240510479384
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/62499371-avalahealth-facebook
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- **Posted:** 2025-05-23T22:05:15.000+00:00

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Billy Joel shocked and concerned fans around the world Friday, with an announcement canceling his shows after a brain disorder diagnosis.

The 76-year-old rock star is dealing with the side effects of “Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus” or NPH. It’s when cerebrospinal fluid builds up in the ventricles of the brain and makes them bigger. There is no known cause for the condition, but it can follow a stroke, brain infections, hemorrhage or other types of head trauma.

AVALA Spine Neurosurgeons Dr. Justin L. Owen and Dr. Jared Robichaux are specially trained and equipped to treat this condition and can sometimes have patients walk out of the hospital on the same day. No brain surgery is simple, but a very small incision (smaller than an inch) can give our neurosurgeons the access they need to drain this fluid and get our patients back to living their normal lives.

To learn more about this diagnosis and the ways AVALA Spine can help, click the link below!

#avalahealth #news #billyjoel #cancelstour #braindisorder

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braindisorder, news, avalahealth, billyjoel, cancelstour

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