Focal seizure in infants

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Avatar m tn Focal seizures can also affect a person’s level of consciousness. In some focal seizures the person is in a dyscognitive state. This means their level of consciousness is altered rather than lost. The person may often appear confused and dazed and may do strange and repetitive actions like fiddling with their clothes, making chewing movements or uttering unusual sounds. These behaviours may also be described as trance-like or robot-like and are called automatisms.
Avatar f tn There is a possibility of a partial seizure. But you should also consider something called as eye tics. These are not so uncommon in infants. You may need to get an EEG done. A video EEG is preferred. It has the advantage of letting us see the brain waves during such an episode or up rolling of eyes. Did he have any significant birth complications?
Avatar f tn I was put on it after having one (believed to be generalized focal seizure??) after a brain aneurysm. To be honest, I chose to take my chances off this medication as I was finding it was making me feel really depressed. Discuss it with yr GP and see if theres any alternative? Or maybe u need the dosage adjusting?
Avatar n tn I had a brain Angiogram over a week ago, and 3 days after it I had a vision disturbance like this. I spoke someone in Neuro who suggested it may be seizure related. I am afraid to tell my GP doctor as I've been told if an EEG comes back positive, they'll take my driving license from me. I have an appointment next week with an Eye consultant. I was in an RTA with severe head injuries 4 months ago.
Avatar f tn t remember anything recently or much in the past. I am 34, in good health, I only remember when I was about 7 I fell on my head off the monkey bars, but it wasn't severe. The medication has controlled the seizures. But, Could this just be scar tissue causing the seizures and can it go away? What does the MRI mean? How can this come up at age 34? Also. I had originally thought my symptoms were hormal. Hotflashes, warm tingling feelings, wave sensations.
327385 tn?1378360731 The face drooping that was noted to occur before your grand-mal seizure is not a sign of that you are having a stroke before your seizure. Seizures can be partial onset, in which the seizure starts in a specific part of the brain, and then may or may not spread to other areas of the brain, leading to a grand-mal seizure (the other type of seizure is generalized: it starts throughout the brain more or less at once).
Avatar f tn In the afternoon, she had an episode where she was screaming and grabbing her head. She then had a short focal seizure. This happened twice in one day. An external drain was then put in to monitor her ICP. It was fine while she was awake but once she went to sleep, her ICP began to spike. Again, in the morning she was vomiting. Because of the drain they were able to drain some fluid and that seemed to help. She was in the OR that day to look at the shunt.
Avatar m tn ACTH therapy is given for seizures in infants (infantile seizures) not controlled by usual seizure control medications. Usually these infants suffer from epilepsy related syndromes such as Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and Landau-Kleffner syndrome. Mild variants of such seizures may improve with ACTH. In severe cases there is not much hope. I am sorry, but please continue your follow up at NIMHANS. Take care!
Avatar f tn After a month, she got 2 episodes in 3 days gap. Doctors suggested to give Levipil 100ml syrup 1ml in morning and 1 ml in evening. She is not having further seizures in last 2 months now. Is it the correct medication? How much time we need to continue this medication? Any known side effects of Levipil for infants?
Avatar m tn I HAVE BEEN BACK IN TOUCH WITH HER REGULAR VET WHO SENT US TO UT AND SHE WANTS TO GET IN TOUCH WITH UT WITH SOME QUESTIONS. I'M WONDERING AND I SHOULD HAVE AND WILL ASK WHY NONE OF THE VETS XRAYED HER NECK TO SEE IF THERE IS SOME KIND OF INJURY. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON ABOUT 3 MONTHS. FIRST TIME I NOTICED IS I WAS APPLYING ADVANTAGE 11 AND WAS HOLDING HER BY THE COLLAR. SHE JUMPED AND TURNED A FLIP WHILE I WAS STILL HOLDING HER COLLAR.
Avatar f tn absence seizure manifest as brief staring spells where the person is cut off from the surroundings. Others like focal in which one has local twitching of a local area, temporal epilepsy. Hope this helps. Take care.
Avatar n tn Hello - my 5 year old daughter had 2 seizures on May 17. One at preschool while falling asleep for nap, and the 2nd at home while falling asleep at bedtime. Both were similar: noticed b/c she was making a gurgling noise -about 30 seconds of severe drooling, mouth jerking to the left, eyes glazed. Was normal afterward. No seizures since. Was seen by peds neurology that Monday and neuro exam normal. Discussed possibilities (BRE) and need for EEG and MRI as well since her sz were partial.
Avatar n tn I don't know about carbamazepine, but i have had sz's 'after' sex(twice in 20yrs), but never during..
Avatar f tn It's always best to consult more than one vet (even at a different vet clinic) with issues as serious as this. At 17 years old (WOW! by the way), your poor baby boy definitely deserves a better quality of life, and it doesn't seem to be achievable on this particular drug. You must remember that it takes a while for a dogs system to adjust to the drug (even in a young dog) so it is difficult to say whether this is achievable in such an extremely old dog. Ask your vet.
Avatar f tn Yesterday when I was watching a movie with a friend my whole left side of my body started to twitch. In the past when I have had focal seizures they have generally been in my left hand only. I am wondering a couple of things. First, was this a seizure and if so what type? Thanks.
Avatar m tn Could be seizure-- simple or focal seizure. But if it's happening just before bed every night that's probably unlikely because seizures aren't usually triggered this way unless they are NES (which can feel like real seizures and people with epilepsy can have these as well). Unless your having it during the day it's unlikely to be a seizure. I know you're not on here to be told to go to the doctor but you need to.
Avatar n tn Has anyone had surgery for frontal lobe epilepsy that were having focal seizures. We are considering going back to Mayo to have testing to see if our 16 y/o son is a candidate for surgery. He has never been controlled and has been on five drugs in 4 years. I would love to share anyone's experience good/bad.....
Avatar n tn Hello. If your brain has seizure activity going on, it will show on the EEG , even if you don't get a seizure during the recording. Keep in mind, that in some cases, the EEG between two episodes of seizure may be normal. There are certain stimulation procedures during the EEG, which may elicit the seizure activity. Do let me know about your EEG report. The MRI looks clear to me. A Radiologist's review will be more helpful.
Avatar n tn Hello, My 2yr (7lbs) chihuahua mix had a seizure. I've think she may have had a simple focal seizure (per websites visited). Molly didn't fall over and seize nor did she expel urine or drool. She was upright with open eyes. My questions: What are the causes? (couldn't get a clear understanding from the websites visited) Can the seizures cause damage to her body? When should I have seen by the vet?
1487387 tn?1288107744 t normally write this nutty, but today I am having focal seizures due to Tramadol intake. I take 8 per day (2 every 6 hours). They are prescribed, and I fully knew of the risks when I first took them. It's not at all fun, I do not like the feeling at all, it feels like this.... First I get major Da'Ja'Vue, then I get this urge to puke, then thats it, no shaking, no real clue that anything is happening.
Avatar f tn You really need your pediatric neurologist to evaluate your baby for the type of seizure. My newborn had seizures during his first week and is on seizure control meds (phenobarbitol) to control it. Seizures were different, however. Try not to worry, you probably need medications to control them. They might want to do an MRI and CT scan to verify any brain damage...
393986 tn?1303825975 t think it is either. I do believe what the neuro was saying was a seizure was in fact me trembling from the pain. I had to drive over an hour away, walk what seems like 5 miles, and I was in SOOOO much pain by the time I got there. Who knows? Mine seemed to know it all. I have had 2 normal EEG's in the last four months, I take a seizure med for pain. Blah-Blah.... What has me so concerned is why would he say the area of your brain affected is causing my symptoms?