Seizure disorders during pregnancy
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I had a seizure last week my bp was 179/179 and my sugar 280. Im 28wks but im being induce 6wks early due to servere Heart arrhythmia With me.
My son is 3yrs he will be 4 in June, perfectly normal little boy with normal development, no seizure history in both sides of the family. His 1st seizure was feb 17, 2011 lasted about a minute, the night before he had a high fever and later that same day also. Both fevers were treated. On the first episode he spent the night at the hospital for observation because when they took his temperature in the emergency room it was actually low 96F.
In order to confirm that the seizures are epileptic, an EEG would need to be done during an actual attack. Meaning that if an EEG is done during an attack (such as the convulsion you describe above) and the EEG shows the seizure in the brain waves, then the seizure can be confirmed. In other people, convulsions occur but these are due to stress and not true seizures coming from epileptic activity in the brain, in which case the EEG will not show epileptic activity during the convulsion.
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An epileptic cannot have both a complex partial seizure disorder and a generalized seizure disroder. People with a generalized seizure disorder are usually born with it, while people with partial or complex partial get it sometime during thier life. Generlaized seizures occurr over the entire brain, while complex partial only occurr in a section of the brain.
I have complex partial seizures that occurr in my right temporal lobe. They started from a head injury I got when I was three.
I have a migraine variant and my EEG has a migraine seizure pattern. During the time I was getting diagnosed people made me feel bad too because I was throwing up and sick alot they would say it is psychological, maybe she needs a man or is pregnant. It was awful so I do understand how brain chemical disorders and electrical disorders can make you appear healthy but in reality you are as ill as anyone else with a problem.
There are several conditions which can mimic seizures like a syncope, parasomnias, and movement disorders. There is a condition called psychogenic nonepileptic seizure (PNES) in which there are sudden and time-limited disturbances of motor, sensory, autonomic, cognitive, and/or emotional functions, these are psychogenically determined. Other conditions mimicking seizures are conversion disorder, panic attacks and migraine attacks.
One of the characteristic differentiating feature of an epileptic seizure is that there is an abnormal discharge of electricity from the brain during the seizure whereas there is no such electrical discharge during a pseudoseizure.
An electroencephalogram (EEG) can be done to rule out epilepsy in persons experiencing pseudoseizures. Another differentiating feature is the release of a hormone known as prolactin, which is present in the blood after the true epileptic seizures .
(Currently available) antipsychotics can cause permenant movement disorder such as tardive dyskinesia. However, they must wait a period of time for withdrawl dyskineis to pass. From my knowledge atypical antipsychotics can increase the seizure threshold but this effect is generally not permanent. It would be best to see a neurologist who is a movement disorders specialist and have them do full follow up including an EEG (the specific kind to try to set off seizures) and an MRI.
It is advisable to keep your seizures under control throughout pregnancy. Seizure during the last month of pregnancy or during labor can harm the baby. It is advisable that your obstetrician watches for any seizure and is well prepared to manage if seizure happens during labor. Not treating a seizure during pregnancy can be dangerous for the fetus.Monotherapy for seizures is usually indicated during pregnancy rather than polytherapy for decreasing the incidence of birth defects in the fetus.
There are a few similar options, but some will allow you to activate the device when you start to have symptoms or just after, so that doctors can see what happens to your heart during an event - something they may not being able to see during a tilt table test, which is intended to mimic what happens in an episode, but doesn't work exactly the same way.
When I was pregnant with my daughter I think my dose only increased once and then it stayed stable during my entire pregnancy. From what I've read though it's best to have your TSH between 1 and 2 during your pregnancy. I would voice your concerns with your doctor, but I'd bet things are fine.
How long was the seizure and was there loss of consciousness during seizure? How was his behavior during and after seizure?
As you said there is an abnormality on EEG on his upper right side of his brain, that suggest there might some seizure disorder, but the pathology for causation of seizure is not known.
What were the other tests done?
What is the level of Serum. Calcium, Magnesium, Phosphorous and Serum. Sodium in his body?
What is the level of sugars?
There is no simple, definitive test for a seizure disorder. Often, seizure disorders are diagnosed based on patient history and observation of a seizure. If your daughter had a seizure lasting 30 min., that would qualify for a diagnosis in the minds of many clinicians. I'm sure you'll follow up with the diagnosing doctors and others as necessary. I hope the seizure turns out to be a one-time event.
Sleeping alot after a seizure is normal. I have known people who sleep alot during the day to have sleep apnea and develop seizures from lack of oxygen during the night... Important to get a work up in addition to your thyroid workup. Most of the time now days you see a specialist for every part of the body and it is not cheap but sounds like you are young and you can't delay this...see a neurologist and a endocrinologist.
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