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Suggest Treatment For Migraine Headache And Memory Loss

Posted on Sat, 25 Mar 2017

Question: My friend is in Ghana, West XXXXXXX She is in the hospital for several days now. The hospitals there are not anything like a Western Hospital. She has complete memory loss for 24 hours. Then she remembers some things but has paranoia. After a few hours, her memory seems normal but a migraine type headache does not go away. Then loss of memory happens again. They know she has had a reaction to some Anti-psychotic drugs, which can give memory loss and which did some liver damage. She is now off all of the prescription drugs. They did an MRI because a year and a half ago, she had a brain tumor, not malignant. No new tumors. They have no idea of what is causing this. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. XXXXXXX Tuttle

Answered by Dr. Dr. Erion Spaho (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Seizures and intoxication to consider.

Detailed Answer:
Hello and thanks for using HealthcareMagic.

I have gone through your question and understand your concerns.

In my opinion, in your friend's case, there are two most probable conditions to evaluate further:

1. seizures ( since there is history of benign brain tumor ), an EEG is necessary for this purpose.

2. intoxication ( toxicology screening tests about drugs, chemicals, and metabolic status tests)

Hope you found the answer helpful.

Let me know if I can assist you further.

Greetings.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee