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Question: Hi. My son sometimes widens his eyes. And in a separate occasion sometimes looking upward to the left sometimes right but usually left. The widening and the looking to the l/r is separate and not at the same time. My son is 3. He has done eeg when he was 2 all came back to normal, first one was 30 mins then 12hrs just to make sure but everything came back normal. He had his eyes checked and it was normal as well. He doesnt have hearing problems but was diagnosed speech delay. He has been learning a few more words. He is a boy btw. What do you think is the problem? He does it in no specific time. There’s days without doing the thing and there are days that he does it. Sometimes when he is sleepy. There were a long period of time i didnt see him do it like for months.. but then it came back but he does it a few timesa week or so. He also had his heart checked when he was one yrs old cause he had a hole during birth and everything was normal. I dont know why he keeps on doing this. I dont want to give him meds for seizure if the eeg is normal. Im not even sure if its really seizure.
Hi. My son sometimes widens his eyes. And in a separate occasion sometimes looking upward to the left sometimes right but usually left. The widening and the looking to the l/r is separate and not at the same time. My son is 3. He has done eeg when he was 2 all came back to normal, first one was 30 mins then 12hrs just to make sure but everything came back normal. He had his eyes checked and it was normal as well. He doesnt have hearing problems but was diagnosed speech delay. He has been learning a few more words. He is a boy btw. What do you think is the problem? He does it in no specific time. There’s days without doing the thing and there are days that he does it. Sometimes when he is sleepy. There were a long period of time i didnt see him do it like for months.. but then it came back but he does it a few timesa week or so. He also had his heart checked when he was one yrs old cause he had a hole during birth and everything was normal. I dont know why he keeps on doing this. I dont want to give him meds for seizure if the eeg is normal. Im not even sure if its really seizure.
Brief Answer:
Most likely could be seizures.
Detailed Answer:
Thank you for posting your query.
I am Dr Sudhir Kumar, Neurologist, and I would try my best to help you.
I have noted your child's clinical details. Based on this, the most likely cause could be absence seizures. However, the episodes are infrequent. EEG can be normal in about 50% cases of seizure disorder.
It would be useful to a brain scan, preferably an MRI, especially because he has speech delay too. EEG can be repeated.
The decision to start anti-seizure drugs can be made if MRI is abnormal, or if these episodes increase in frequency.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology) XXXXXXX Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
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Most likely could be seizures.
Detailed Answer:
Thank you for posting your query.
I am Dr Sudhir Kumar, Neurologist, and I would try my best to help you.
I have noted your child's clinical details. Based on this, the most likely cause could be absence seizures. However, the episodes are infrequent. EEG can be normal in about 50% cases of seizure disorder.
It would be useful to a brain scan, preferably an MRI, especially because he has speech delay too. EEG can be repeated.
The decision to start anti-seizure drugs can be made if MRI is abnormal, or if these episodes increase in frequency.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology) XXXXXXX Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
Click on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar
My BLOG: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.in
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Brief Answer:
Most likely could be seizures.
Detailed Answer:
Thank you for posting your query.
I am Dr Sudhir Kumar, Neurologist, and I would try my best to help you.
I have noted your child's clinical details. Based on this, the most likely cause could be absence seizures. However, the episodes are infrequent. EEG can be normal in about 50% cases of seizure disorder.
It would be useful to a brain scan, preferably an MRI, especially because he has speech delay too. EEG can be repeated.
The decision to start anti-seizure drugs can be made if MRI is abnormal, or if these episodes increase in frequency.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology) XXXXXXX Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
Click on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar
My BLOG: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.in
Most likely could be seizures.
Detailed Answer:
Thank you for posting your query.
I am Dr Sudhir Kumar, Neurologist, and I would try my best to help you.
I have noted your child's clinical details. Based on this, the most likely cause could be absence seizures. However, the episodes are infrequent. EEG can be normal in about 50% cases of seizure disorder.
It would be useful to a brain scan, preferably an MRI, especially because he has speech delay too. EEG can be repeated.
The decision to start anti-seizure drugs can be made if MRI is abnormal, or if these episodes increase in frequency.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology) XXXXXXX Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
Click on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar
My BLOG: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.in
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
when my son had eeg that was the time he had those upward thingy thing. the neurologist we talked to said that he doesnt see the need for the MRI. he doesnt drool or anything. i feel like he knows whats happening in his surrounding too because whenever i look at him, he looks at me straight too. if it's not seizures, what could it be?
when my son had eeg that was the time he had those upward thingy thing. the neurologist we talked to said that he doesnt see the need for the MRI. he doesnt drool or anything. i feel like he knows whats happening in his surrounding too because whenever i look at him, he looks at me straight too. if it's not seizures, what could it be?
whenever he would widen his eyes, he's either walking or watching youtube. he doesnt stop or freeze or anything.
whenever he would widen his eyes, he's either walking or watching youtube. he doesnt stop or freeze or anything.
Brief Answer:
If they are not seizures, then we need to treat them as normal
Detailed Answer:
Thank you for getting back.
The only possibility for those symptoms are seizures. If we have excluded seizures, then, it can not be any other disease. We need to treat them as normal.
Best wishes,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD DM
If they are not seizures, then we need to treat them as normal
Detailed Answer:
Thank you for getting back.
The only possibility for those symptoms are seizures. If we have excluded seizures, then, it can not be any other disease. We need to treat them as normal.
Best wishes,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD DM
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Brief Answer:
If they are not seizures, then we need to treat them as normal
Detailed Answer:
Thank you for getting back.
The only possibility for those symptoms are seizures. If we have excluded seizures, then, it can not be any other disease. We need to treat them as normal.
Best wishes,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD DM
If they are not seizures, then we need to treat them as normal
Detailed Answer:
Thank you for getting back.
The only possibility for those symptoms are seizures. If we have excluded seizures, then, it can not be any other disease. We need to treat them as normal.
Best wishes,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD DM
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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