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Child Fainted. EEG Shows Sharp Waves In Background. Want More Details
Sir,
My 4.5 year old daughter fainted twice very recently. Doctor adviced us to take eeg. In that some sharp waves seen in the background. there are intermittent bursts are sharpwares followed by delta seen bilaterally. photic stinulation are uneventful no artifacts seen . report abnormal sleep eeg. we like to get more detail about this detail
1.is that a big problem? it is curable? how long she have to be in medication? it lead to some other complication in life? if she not takes medicince continuously what will happen? it
My 4.5 year old daughter fainted twice very recently. Doctor adviced us to take eeg. In that some sharp waves seen in the background. there are intermittent bursts are sharpwares followed by delta seen bilaterally. photic stinulation are uneventful no artifacts seen . report abnormal sleep eeg. we like to get more detail about this detail
1.is that a big problem? it is curable? how long she have to be in medication? it lead to some other complication in life? if she not takes medicince continuously what will happen? it
Mon, 24 Jun 2013
I need more details before I can answer this accurately like-
Has the child been normal so far, no developmental delay and intellectually normal?
If your child is absolute normal prior to this event, we need to rule out any cardiac cause for which, please get an ecg done with long L2 to see QT interval and any arrythmia.
Without looking the EEG trace it is difficult to conclude as high amplitude slow waves could be there in normal sleep as well. Please get ECG done and show this EEG to alteast one more doctor, please get him checked for any focal neurological signs.
If you could send me his video of the episode with EEG, I could give you better opinion.
Theoretically speaking, at this there is a possibility of Doose syndrome (Myoclonic astatic epilepsy), which can be treated by medicine in majority of the cases.
best wishes
Dr Rakesh Jain
Paediatric Neurologist
Has the child been normal so far, no developmental delay and intellectually normal?
If your child is absolute normal prior to this event, we need to rule out any cardiac cause for which, please get an ecg done with long L2 to see QT interval and any arrythmia.
Without looking the EEG trace it is difficult to conclude as high amplitude slow waves could be there in normal sleep as well. Please get ECG done and show this EEG to alteast one more doctor, please get him checked for any focal neurological signs.
If you could send me his video of the episode with EEG, I could give you better opinion.
Theoretically speaking, at this there is a possibility of Doose syndrome (Myoclonic astatic epilepsy), which can be treated by medicine in majority of the cases.
best wishes
Dr Rakesh Jain
Paediatric Neurologist
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