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What Causes Seizures And Dementia When Diagnosed With Emphysema?
Question: My brother has been diagnosed with severe bullous emphysema, extensive atherosclerosis throughout abdominal aorta, depression, dementia, and seizures. is there likely to also be organic brain damage or other bodily systems that we should be looking at
Brief Answer:
yes...
Detailed Answer:
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seizures particularly if they first occur in advanced age can be associated with various brain disorders like brain tumors for example. So a brain MRI would help to find out. Regarding atherosclerosis... atherosclerosis is not confined in a single location. It's widespread and involves every blood vessel. So coronary artery disease (CAD) is one of the potential presentations of this disorder. Emphysema may also cause heart problems. It may lead to heart failure. A heart echo (ultrasound scan) will help to detect functional disorders.
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yes...
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
seizures particularly if they first occur in advanced age can be associated with various brain disorders like brain tumors for example. So a brain MRI would help to find out. Regarding atherosclerosis... atherosclerosis is not confined in a single location. It's widespread and involves every blood vessel. So coronary artery disease (CAD) is one of the potential presentations of this disorder. Emphysema may also cause heart problems. It may lead to heart failure. A heart echo (ultrasound scan) will help to detect functional disorders.
I hope you find my comments helpful!
You can contact me again, if you'd like any clarification or further information.
Kind Regards!
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
should we be following up with Dr of Internal Medicine or Cardiologist or Neurologist or all of the above? We need some primary care physician and I'm not sure what expertise would be best for all of the follow-up needed.
Brief Answer:
it would be better if a specialist guided the investigation
Detailed Answer:
A neurologist would be the ideal specialist to investigate the seizures. A pulmonologist should assess the lung function but an internist or a general practitioner should be able to do the follow-up. The cardiological investigation requires a cardiologist.
When all the investigation is complete, the primary care physician should take over.
Kind Regards!
it would be better if a specialist guided the investigation
Detailed Answer:
A neurologist would be the ideal specialist to investigate the seizures. A pulmonologist should assess the lung function but an internist or a general practitioner should be able to do the follow-up. The cardiological investigation requires a cardiologist.
When all the investigation is complete, the primary care physician should take over.
Kind Regards!
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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