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Grandmal causes dislocation/fractures

Wed, 04/04/2007 - 19:26
Hi, Haven't posted here for a while. I am currently typing with my left hand since all the damage was in my right shoulder. A couple of weeks ago I had a grand-mal after not having one for 9 yrs. I did had many myoclonic seizures though(10-30 day). I was on Lamictal at the time. Now being tried on Topomax. Been on most meds that have been out there already. I woke up and was having a very bad morning with myoclonic seizures, with them coming in frequent clusters. My husband was getting me ready to go to the hospital when I became very rigid. I must have lost consciousness because I don't remember anything else. He said I did not shake at all but I was like rigimorgous had set in. I told me he held me (which I told him he should do next time).It lasted 3 minutes. It caused an anterior dislocation, glenoid and large hill-sachs fracture. Has anyone heard of anything like this happening before. Without a fall or falling into something, Without any shaking/movement involved? Thanks specialneeds

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Re: Grandmal causes dislocation/fractures

Submitted by NewJersey on Mon, 2010-01-04 - 09:27

Yes, I had a grand mal in October '09 that trashed my right rotator cuff.  I had to see five doctors before I found an orthopedist who told me that this was a Hill-Sachs lesion, and that they can be caused by seizures.  My neurologist told me that the muscles closest to the spine always convulse the most, which explains why I had a 5 cm tear that I needed surgical repair.

(Recovery from that surgery is enormously painful.  I was in pain for nearly two weeks, right up until the other day. I fell asleep on the sofa.  I woke up in the ambulance, having had another grand mal.  The seizure and its aftermath were no fun, but the shoulder pain was gone!)

For more info on Hill-Sachs lesions, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill-Sachs_lesion

 

Yes, I had a grand mal in October '09 that trashed my right rotator cuff.  I had to see five doctors before I found an orthopedist who told me that this was a Hill-Sachs lesion, and that they can be caused by seizures.  My neurologist told me that the muscles closest to the spine always convulse the most, which explains why I had a 5 cm tear that I needed surgical repair.

(Recovery from that surgery is enormously painful.  I was in pain for nearly two weeks, right up until the other day. I fell asleep on the sofa.  I woke up in the ambulance, having had another grand mal.  The seizure and its aftermath were no fun, but the shoulder pain was gone!)

For more info on Hill-Sachs lesions, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill-Sachs_lesion

 

Re: Grandmal causes dislocation/fractures

Submitted by banffgirl on Thu, 2007-04-05 - 01:24
hi, it was back in the mid 80's so i don't have much info any more but i had a grande mal while i was sleeping and my husband was there to keep me from faling out of bed or anything, it was so violent that even with my husband holding me safe, i dislocated my shoulder so bad that i recked the roter cup. after constantly dislocating it over the next 5 years, i finally gave in to surgery, i hate surgery, and they pinned everything together since like they told me my roter cup would not hold my arm in place without surgery if i moved it after that siezure. after therapy it's 95%. they told me i'd have 80% usage back. i dont know if mine was anterior, but everytime i moved my arm in a backwards motion, it dislocated. i hope this helps.

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