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Frontal Lobe Seizures and P.A.N.D.A.S.
Wed, 01/28/2004 - 14:16Topic: Family & Friends
My 2 year old son has been having seizures that occur mostly before he falls asleep or he is awakened 4-6 hours into sleep. They have also occurred briefly during the day; when he is in a relaxed state. The seizures that occur during the night are repetitive and can last up to an hour or so. While he experiences these seizures daily at home, it took 3 overnight eegs before some registered on the eeg and we are now told that they are frontal lobe seizures. We have been told that there is a connection between his seizures and P.A.N.D.A.S. as a result of having strep throat about 6months ago. Does anyone have any experience with P.A.N.D.A.S.- Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder and a correlation with frontal lobe seizures?
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Re: Frontal Lobe Seizures and P.A.N.D.A.S.
Submitted by shannon1220 on Tue, 2006-06-06 - 17:01
Hi, I am very curious to know what has progressed with your son and his frontal lobe seizures with pandas - my son has frontal lobe seizures and pandas too...what treatment is your son on and what do your doctors say about it? thank you very much
Re: Frontal Lobe Seizures and P.A.N.D.A.S.
Submitted by tuxloco on Wed, 2006-06-28 - 23:28
my daughter was diagnosed at age five with a frontal lobe seizure condition. she is now 17 and recently suffered from OCD type symptoms and depression. a PANDA test revealed high levels of STREP antibodies. she was put on a five day dosage of the antibiotic zythromax. we had her STREP antibodies tested again and they seemed to have lessened, but were still significantly higher than normal. over a 6 months period, her OCD syptoms subsided and in the past six months shows no signs of OCD. we have not had her tested for STREP antibodies recently but we plan to do so in the near future. she currently takes 300mg of dilantin daily for her seizure condition and it has been very effective in controlling her seizures.
I believe it is
Submitted by Tracey69 on Sat, 2018-09-22 - 20:55
I believe it is Immunoglobulin intravenously