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Head injury and now months later abnormal e.e.g
Sun, 01/14/2018 - 14:54Topic: New to Epilepsy.com
Hi,I have a 6 year old daughter.In july 2017 she fell on to a gas meter and had 30 stiches in her forehead.she was unconscious for almost an hour.we went home and had no other problems.Then in nov she had her first big seizure and had another one in december.We seen her neurologist after the first seizure and she notices her tonsils were kissing and suggested I take her to her regular dr.We then got referred to a nose and throat dr who scheduled her removal surgery for next Friday jan 17th.The tonsils are also so big she is snoring and having sleep apnea.She had an e.e.g after the 2 nd seizure.Her neurologist called the very next day and told me it was abnormal and showed slowed brain activity in the back of her head.She has ordered an m.r.i and her surgery is on hold for now.Im just so lost and dont really understand any of this.I. just need more information and a better understanding.also with in the last month she has developed headaches.She has about 2 a day.Im not sure if this means she has epilepsy or maby brain damage.
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Epilepsy can be a consequence
Submitted by mereloaded on Fri, 2018-02-02 - 08:50
Epilepsy can be a consequence of traumatic birth injury. So even if the MRI is normal, the consequence of the fall is epilepsy, or what caused the fall to begin with.An MRI is NOT an epilepsy diagnostic tool. MRI scans the brain for injuries custody, signs of stroke or other abnormalities. Beware that most epilepsy patient gave normal MRIs.The only diagnostic tool for epilepsy is the EEG (electro encephalogram) in which the electrical activity of the brain is measured. They are many ways to interpret the data witch includes reading spikes and wave amplitude and longitude in different frequencies. There are ranges of what normal data is since everyone has electrical brain activity, when the data is outside that range it is considered an abnormal reading. Yes, slow waves is an abnormal reading.The MRI can only rule out brain damage, but a normal MRI does NOT mean she doesn’t have epilepsy. The only epilepsy diagnostic tool is an EEG which was abnormal and that is all that is needed for an epilepsy diagnosis. Note that most epilepsy patients have normal MRIs.
apnea can really aggravate
Submitted by Amy Jo on Mon, 2018-01-15 - 00:54
apnea can really aggravate sleep, epilepsy or other conditions so that will need to be addressed.