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Swelling afterward
Tue, 10/06/2015 - 22:58Topic: Parents & Caregivers
Hello,
I've been having the occasional grand mal seizure for about eight years now. This last time I had one I have some new issues that I'm not familiar with. I was in the kitchen and had the seizure when I was standing, I fell on an 8 pack of paper towels, possibly saving my life. I got them with the back of my head thankfully. But, after the post ictal state was over I noticed swelling around my eyes, around the eyebrows. Along with that, in the same area, above my eyes is what looks like a long red rash, and on the eye, there a red dots, anyone know anything about this stuff?
If you got that during your
Submitted by just_joe on Wed, 2015-10-07 - 15:29
If you got that during your seizure then by all means go to your PCP or GP. You could have hit it and did something that needs to be taken care of.