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why head turnes one way all the time seizure happens,
Sat, 01/29/2011 - 01:59Topic: Epilepsy.com Help
is there a name for the turning of the head to one side, i just noticed he always turns to the right
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Re: why head turnes one way all the time seizure happens,
Submitted by pudder69 on Sat, 2011-01-29 - 09:30
thank you tadzio, he has tonic clonic . i have soo many questions. how to i began to get them answered
Re: why head turnes one way all the time seizure happens,
Submitted by 3Hours2Live on Sat, 2011-01-29 - 04:32
Hi Pudder69, Ipsilateral or contralateral head turning (by phase and seizure type?)? In "Epilepsy surgery" edited by Hans Lüders, Youssef G. Comair (2001), page 421: "Head turning may provide lateralizing or even localizing information,.... ...Forced version is a highly reliable lateralizing sign,.... ..., but is not limited to temporal lobe seizures and in fact is more often suggestive of frontal lobe seizures". Another article is cited in Neurology 1984;34:884, by Ochs, Gloor, Quesney, on page 92: http://books.google.com/books?id=2x5irzPCsjwC&pg=PA421&lpg=PA421&dq=%22frontal+lobe+seizures%22+motor+head+turning&source=bl&ots=5GlpJBh_Qi&sig=m_bEq4bLGlhzqepSvGywIC9gL3g&hl=en&ei=HNFDTcDhOY32tgOFn-i3Cg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&sqi=2&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=%22frontal%20lobe%20seizures%22%20motor%20head%20turning&f=false Another book giving more names is: http://books.google.com/books?id=F6J7ff4z5ekC&pg=PA78&lpg=PA78&dq=%22frontal+lobe+seizures%22+motor+head+turning&source=bl&ots=aTOj9DqRYL&sig=bnBbFnZuPoFyZgRWPgfXKDhDSoY&hl=en&ei=HNFDTcDhOY32tgOFn-i3Cg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&sqi=2&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBg#v=snippet&q=Rasmussen%20Talairach%20DLFL%20onset&f=false Tadzio