Child with Seizures and Doctors are Clueless
About three weeks ago an 11 year old girl in my family was not feeling well (having pain in her neck) and went home from school because of it. Later in the day her father found her in the washroom on the floor having a seizure. He called an ambulance right away and had her taken to the hospital.
It has now been three weeks that she has been in there and doctors have not yet found a cause. They have her on medications to keep her asleep because when she wakes up she goes into seizures again. She did not talk when she woke up for the little time that they let her.
They have given her an MRI and CAT scan and have tested her for epilepsy, meningitis, encephalitis, west nile, mad cow, herpes virus, some blood work (I don't know what they tested her blood for), and have taken a brain biopsy to test for fungus.
The doctors say they are leaning more towards a virus but still are clueless as to what is going on with her.
If any doctors are here or anyone who has experienced anything like this could you please PLEASE reply to this post with some ideas or names of what causes things like this to happen? That way I can look up information and maybe ask her doctors if they have not yet tested for something they should have. :(
Answers:
:) Hi,
I can only imagine how upset you must be about this child and these seizures. I'm certainly no dr. but wanted to ask if the dr's did an EEG and urine or blood test for glucose levels. Is the child on anti-seizure medication now or just sedated? Sometimes even with all the correct tests there are no exact answers. I hope you get some answers soon or atleast they can manage these seizures with medications.
concerned viewer
purple98Lady
Thanks for your support Purple98Lady. You are correct that EEG, glucose and antiepileptic medication are all important aspects of seizure treatment, and I'm sure her doctors have done these.
Here's the link to my answer to the original question:
http://askdoctorjoshua.com/2006/12/0...icus-in-child/
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