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Avatar m tn I recomended you to bring your friends to hospital or emergency unit bcos any seizure can develop hypoxia. Hypoxia is situation when your brain did not get much oksigen. At the late stage, casualty can dead..
401370 tn?1233324682 THEY TOOK TURNS SHAKING ME,YELLING IN MY EAR,CAUSED PAIN TO GET ME TO COME TO.I FINALLY GOT TO THE CRITICAL CARE UNIT CLOSE TO DEATH,THER I HAD CONVULTIONS AND MORE SEIZURES. WHAT KIND OF BRAIN DAMAGE COULD HAVE BEEN INCURED WHILE BEING MISTREATED FOR THE SEIZURES.I DO NOT HAVE THE SAME MEMORY.I AM NOTNEAR AS ORGANIZED AS BEFORE.I GET CONFUSED EASILY.IS THIS NORMAL AND WILL IT GET BETTER OR WORSE.
486038 tn?1300063367 At this point it appears to me that you need to be in a seizure unit to determine if these are epileptic (electrical) events or not. Any type of seizure, including absence seizures can escalate to a full blown gand mal and there is danger of falling, aspirating, head injury and (rarely) death. It has been quite a long time since NYU and your problems are not settling down. I recommend that you bite the bullet and do the seizure unit. Yes, it may be a week there.
Avatar f tn I have epilepsy and I had my first fit when I was at work but the thing is that I worked in catering so on my lunch break I went from one unit had my lunch then was walking back to the unit that I worked on my own I was just about to cross a road when I had my first epileptic fit and a trainee nurse saw me have the fit I have been given so many tablets over the years I just feel like nothing is working I also have transverse myelitis witch affects all my muscles in my hole body my memory is just
Avatar n tn i am 22 and have an eight week old baby i had a seizure 3 days ago this was my first what could it be
Avatar f tn We went to the tree to see what Santa had brought @ while looking at santa gifts he had a seizure. He also had a seizure last Christmas while doing the same thing.I am just wondering if excitement has anything to do with this. I know that a 208 b/s is not a low reading but would it be with "excitement"?
486038 tn?1300063367 Seizures are more common than MS and could well be worked up in any state in a good seizure unit. A seizure unit usually has the capability continuous 24 hour a day monitoring and capturing any seizure both on video and by EEG. It seems that you could just as well be monitored there in AL at a fraction of the cost. The doctors in NY could view the EEG tracings and video of any events.
Avatar f tn He told her to check into a unit and get off the meds except the anti rejection meds. Before she saw him (last week by the way) she had made up her mind to get off all of it anyway. She had already stopped the pain med she had been on for quite a while before she saw him and that shows she is serious about it. The likely reason for the shingles is an ortho gave her 3 steroid shots in a 2-3 month time period for very severe pain as her "hamstring" was torn loose in her pelvic area.
Avatar m tn s. (he is now 57). And, just learned e needs a hip replacement. Would like to use a TENS unit to manage pain in hip/leg until his surgery in May '11, but all indications caution it's use in persons with seizure disorders. What is your experience with this in your patients, especially since it will be used in the hip/leg area, not near the neck/head? Thanks in advance for your responses!
Avatar f tn Several years ago, during an outpatient EEG, they noticed some Absence seizure type of activity. I wasn't allowed to drive for several months - I cannot recall the meds used then. The neurologist had me in the hospital's EEG Unit for over a week and nothing showed up... There are times when I cannot tell if I'm awake or dreaming. Sometimes everything freezes like a photo, but I can hear people talking around me and I become confused. When I come out of it I'm very tired.
Avatar n tn I have seen infantile spasms while working on a pediatric unit. It is a serious seizure disorder that often causes cognitive/developmental delays. Doctors often down-play the severity of this disease, but the majority of the children that I have seen with this end up needing some for of long-term care. I am really sorry that you are going through this. Here is a website with some more info for you: http://www.aboutkidshealth.ca/Epilepsy/Infantile-Spasms.aspx?
551683 tn?1220656108 A TENS unit is a portable device you can wear on your belt or whatever. It has pads and wires. To the best of my knowledge, it sends vibrating pulses through the wires to the muscles where you put the pads. I guess you could compare it to what is sometimes used in physical therapy. (that's where I learned about it) You can control the intensity of the pulses. When they used one on my shoulders at PT, it really helped a lot. I know a portable unit is not the same, but works similarly.
551683 tn?1220656108 I wondered if anyone has a TENS unit? My doc. gave me a scrip for one, but I haven't checked on it yet. My thought is that it would help those big muscles across my upper back that hurt SOOOOOOO bad. Any thoughts on these TENS units?
630344 tn?1280104983 Just wondering if anyone has any advice on TENS Unit? Should or shouldn't try or if it worked for anyone for the pain?
Avatar f tn I have PAD as well as pain in legs from fibromyalgia. Would a TENS unit be safe and probably helpful for my leg pain (especially calves)?
1306714 tn?1327257080 Just wanted to let you know I went and had the TENS unit explained to me today and she put it on. She couldn't believe how swollen my neck was and could understand why there was so much pain. She said I should notice a difference since this unit bring's now swelling. I'm so anxious to get some relieve. I'll keep you updated on how it is working. She said to use it 30min. It auto. shut's off wait an hour and turn it on again. So I am waiting for my 2nd treatment.
Avatar f tn Hello ladies, I am 27 weeks pregnant and experiencing a ton of back pain.. I was wondering if anyone had any information on whether a tens unit is safe to use on my upper back? I've tried researching it but couldn't find a straight answer???
Avatar f tn I live in the UK and I am planning on giving birth in a maternity unit, there are only 8 midwifes that work there and they dont do epidurals and stuff that a hospital do, this is my first pregnancy, am I in for a shock with the amount of pain i'll be in? Also, if the baby is healthy then I am allowed to give birth and go home as soon as I want, I just want to go in, give birth and maybe rest a few hours then go home, what should I pack?
Avatar n tn His 1st seizure was just a jerk to the right leg and his eyes were fixed to the side and was not responding. Took him to the E.R and they dismissed him after doing general blood tests. 1 hour after I got home he had a Tonic Clonic seizure and turned blue. I called 911. They look him to Children Hospital in St. Paul. They put him the Epilepsy Unit and did an EEG. They found 5 other Myclonic seizures in his sleep. MRI looked fine and all blood tests came back fine.
Avatar n tn Just today he had a seizure that lasted for 3 mintues and he has been throwing up, barely able to walk. He has now been in Geisinger Medicial Hospital for 3 day and they are still not sure what is going on. What could this be?
Avatar m tn In such cases, the convulsion is not epileptic, and would not respond to seizure medications, but rather to medications that would help treat stress, depression, or anxiety, and psychological therapy. Sometimes, prolonged EEG monitoring in an epilepsy monitoring unit is required to capture a seizure while the person is hooked up to EEG. If you have not been evaluated by an epilepsy specialist (a neurologist specialized in seizures) this would be of benefit to you.
Avatar f tn I tried to stop a few months ago, but my 3rd day sober, I had a pretty bad seizure. I am prone to seizures anyway, even before I began drinking this way. I have a few questions. I went to my "family doctor"/ PCP last week and she said I have to get professional detox because of my history of seizures. She gave me a list of numbers for facilities. I called them all, and none of them had beds until this morning.
Avatar n tn Bipolar is certainly a strong possibility, less likely would be something like a seizure disorder (which might require a stay in a special unit to look for subtle signs of automatic behavior). The key will be finding someone who will take the time to do a thorough assessment and get to know your son. Also, you may want to consider doing some kind of charting of his moods. You can find a few tools online if you google "mood charting" and then adapt them to your needs.
Avatar f tn I will say this take your medication. I have a brother-in-law who is kind of an idiot and will decide to be iron man sometimes and not take his medication. I promise you it never goes well, he will without a doubt have a seizure. Which is why everyone around him will remind him to take his medication. I guess what I am trying to say is talk to a doctor before discontinuing any medication, oh and go in for blood checks to make sure that it is working.
Avatar m tn The regular trigger point shots work much better for me. I go to physical therapy at least twice a week and have a home TENS unit and traction unit. I quit opiates cold turkey in November, 2011 because I was afraid of how much it was starting to take for me to find relief. Some days are worse than others. I just take it one day at a time. Not going to say it is easy because it isn't. Posting here really helped me a lot. That and going to NA. We're here when you're ready.