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EEH Results - HELP!

Wed, 09/21/2016 - 16:48
HI, This is my son's EEG results, if someone could tell me in other words what do they means, he having start any medication bc when he has this episodes just he speech is affected (im assuming is a petit mal) but im not completely sure it is epilepsy, I was thinking it could be something else, like sugar problems, I may start the gluten free diet.. please any tips would be great TIA! EEG Description: During wakefulness the background was symmetric and well organized with a normal mixture of frequencies for his age. A reactive, 10.5 Hz, posterior dominant rhythm was seen. Rare, bursts and burst fragments of generalized, high voltage (135uV), spike and slow waves discharges were recorded maximally over the anterior head regions. At times this appeared to have a subtle, right predominant lead in. A single, isolated, burst fragment with a distinct right sided predominance was recorded. During drowsiness there was normal generalized slowing of the background with attenuation of the dominant rhythm. Sleep was marked by expected architecture to include vertex waves, symmetric sleep spindles and K-complexes. There was neither epileptiform activity nor electrographic seizures Impression: -This EEG is ABNORMAL due to: Generalized burst of epileptiform activity. Clinical Correlation: Generalized epileptiform activity indicates diffuse neuronal hyperexcitability within a cerebral cortex that is predisposed to seizure generation. In the appropriate clinical setting this may represent a generalized seizure disorder. However, focal onset with rapid, secondary, bilateral synchrony cannot be excluded. Clinical correlation is recommended.

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