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Help with teen's symptoms?
Tue, 10/17/2017 - 00:25Topic: Parents & Caregivers
My 16 year old granddaughter had a gran mal seizure two years ago and suffered some memory loss and continued strange sensations and temporary disconnects but the early EEG was normal. Now she is suffering nausea, paleness, auras (has always had) slowed thinking and stumbling. Saw neuro today. Ordered MRI and another EEG. Have any other parents noticed paleness and clamminess after a focal or partial seizure? Thank you!
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Thanks Amy Jo. I am familiar
Submitted by Anjee0802 on Tue, 2017-10-17 - 09:53
Thanks Amy Jo. I am familiar since my father's family has a lot of epilepsy and seizure activity. What I didn't know was that an EEG could be clear when there is an issue. I'm so glad she's getting an MRI. She's also seeing walls move and sees those lights and colors. She's high functioning aspergers. Thought it was related to that but now.?.. last night she had a splitting headache. Didn't want to go to ER.
Thanks Amy Jo. I am familiar
Submitted by Anjee0802 on Tue, 2017-10-17 - 09:54
Thanks Amy Jo. I am familiar since my father's family has a lot of epilepsy and seizure activity. What I didn't know was that an EEG could be clear when there is an issue. I'm so glad she's getting an MRI. She's also seeing walls move and sees those lights and colors. She's high functioning aspergers. Thought it was related to that but now.?.. last night she had a splitting headache. Didn't want to go to ER.
auras can be seizures, clear
Submitted by Amy Jo on Tue, 2017-10-17 - 02:03
auras can be seizures, clear EEGs do not exclude epilepsy, and those symptoms could easily be related to seizures although they could be related to a virus, assuming that this has gone on last ng enough to eliminate that possibility. so sorry that this wasn’t followed up earlier. there’s a lot parents don’t know about epilepsy so they may not know when to push for more and sometimes it takes a while for one to deal with the possibility of such a condition. best way forward is to make sure one has a doc who communicates well, preferably an epileptologist.