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epilepsy - blood test
Fri, 05/25/2007 - 20:41Has anyone heard of doing a blood test to confirm a seizure. I've heard if your muscles are sore something will show up on a blood test. Also a high white cell count can also confirm a seizure. I don't know the length of time this will stay in your blood for a test though.
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Re: Re: epilepsy - blood test
Submitted by stephanie patient on Sun, 2007-05-27 - 05:59
My Neuro is head of two Neuro Depts at the hospital. It might be you've never been told they're checking these things when they do a blood test. I asked if this is a 100 % way to confirm it and he said no. I have them when I'm about to fall into a deep sleep. I'm kind of conscious during the beginning. A couple times I've woken up on the floor. Exhausted, sore muscles, I bit my cheek so hard last time the side of my face was swollen for about a week. This is new to me since it was caused by a car accident last Dec. I am hoping I don't have anymore. Sorry you do.
Re: epilepsy - blood test
Submitted by jamespmnj on Wed, 2007-05-30 - 16:29
Blood tests are used to monitor the levels of your epilepsy medication. Different factors fall into play with medication levels - age, dosage level. The blood tests usually show a decrease in medication levels and/or something else. It's not foolproof, but you have a better chance of diagnosing what it is.
I haven't heard anything about the high white blood cell count.
Get a blood test done within 24 hours of having a seizure. And that's based on experience.
Good luck to you stephaniepatient.
Re: epilepsy - blood test
Submitted by banffgirl on Sun, 2007-05-27 - 01:38
no such thing, i live in the er from bad t/cs, unconctrolable, they check your blood for blood sugar, blood levels on meds, and to ckeck for infections cuz if you are run down you are also more likly to have seizures. bannffgirl