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What Causes Cerebral Palsy With Facial Seizures After Tooth Extraction?

My daughter has a mild case of cerebral palsy, she is ampulatory and recently had a tooth pulled under sedation by a local dentist as she is unable to be maintained with iv sedation. the dentist prescribed Amoxillin at 500 mg take four times a day, for which I was unable to give to her more than twice a day due to motor skills and inability to swallow a capsule down with out giving her lots of water to drink....after about a week she complained of stomach pains, having heavy episode of heavy diarrhea, and what frightened me lately for the last two day at night time she seemed to have a one to three minute episode of her right side of her face (dental work was done upper right side) like a seizure time convusion, frozen in movement and I tried to contact the dentist but since it is a holiday I am unable to reach him...I am going to reach time after the holiday is over what should I do under these circumstances? Sharon F/
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Hi,

I passed carefully through your question and would explain that these episodes could be related to an electrolyte imbalance, probably caused by the diarrhea. They are not related to the tooth extraction, but the antibiotics may have caused diarrhea (which is a normal adverse effect of antibiotics).

For this reason, I would recommend giving her a lot of fluids and rehydration solutions. If these episodes persist, I would recommend bringing her to the ER and performing an EEG to investigate for seizures.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Ilir Sharka,
Cardiologist
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What Causes Cerebral Palsy With Facial Seizures After Tooth Extraction?

Hi, I passed carefully through your question and would explain that these episodes could be related to an electrolyte imbalance, probably caused by the diarrhea. They are not related to the tooth extraction, but the antibiotics may have caused diarrhea (which is a normal adverse effect of antibiotics). For this reason, I would recommend giving her a lot of fluids and rehydration solutions. If these episodes persist, I would recommend bringing her to the ER and performing an EEG to investigate for seizures. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Ilir Sharka, Cardiologist