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Suggest Treatment For Seizures

My sister-in-law had surgery on her back 4 weeks ago. She has been rushed back to the hospital with Seizures: her right arm shakes, her eyes roll back, she loses time does not remember having a termor/seizure and has to wait until she can speak again. Several visits later - the last one On friday , October 3rd , 2014 in which she had in front of the Dr. they got her to a neurologist & they did a weekend analysis (Head items on her head) and told her 4 = 6 weeks until results. They have no idea what is causing this and are not ready to say seizures and or termors at this point. Im very frightened for her,
posted on Fri, 10 Oct 2014
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I read your question carefully and I am sorry about the you sister in law's troubles.
Seizures are not usually related to back issues. They can have many diverse causes like infections, stroke, brain tumor, metabolic alterations of blood and tissue components (electrolytes) etc. So many exams are often needed to find the cause the cause like head CT or MRI, EEG, blood tests, cerebrospinal fluid tests and according to their results the cause is treated.
Of course seizure treatment can be started rightaway without waiting for the results of all the tests, there are many drugs available (valproic acid, carbamazepine, levetiracetam, phenytoin, etc) which I am sure the neurologist knows, but while they're important to control the current situation, to make a prediction about what to expect in the future depends on what the cause is which must be evaluated with the above mentioned tests.
Hope things work out for the best. Don't hesitate to come back for further questions.
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Suggest Treatment For Seizures

I read your question carefully and I am sorry about the you sister in law s troubles. Seizures are not usually related to back issues. They can have many diverse causes like infections, stroke, brain tumor, metabolic alterations of blood and tissue components (electrolytes) etc. So many exams are often needed to find the cause the cause like head CT or MRI, EEG, blood tests, cerebrospinal fluid tests and according to their results the cause is treated. Of course seizure treatment can be started rightaway without waiting for the results of all the tests, there are many drugs available (valproic acid, carbamazepine, levetiracetam, phenytoin, etc) which I am sure the neurologist knows, but while they re important to control the current situation, to make a prediction about what to expect in the future depends on what the cause is which must be evaluated with the above mentioned tests. Hope things work out for the best. Don t hesitate to come back for further questions.