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Diagnosed With Neurocysticercosis In Left Parital Region Of Brain, On Trieptal, Valporic. Pain In Finger. Is It Seizure Symptom ?
sir , I am AAAA , I was diagonised with neurocysticercosis in left parital region of brain after getting seizure in right side of my body. I was given treatment of albendazole and Trieptal, then shifted to Valporic acid 500mg twice a day morining and evening. I took that medicine for two and half years , my recent CT scan shows healed neurocysticercosis with calcification . Now my doctor has tappered my dose to 300 mg twice , currently taking 300 mg twice for three months. Now my doctor is saying to stopb the medicine as it has side effect. But my problem is that still i get strange sensation in right side and feel like jerk. I also sometimes experience pain in the finger which has first shown the symptom of seizure . I have explained all this all to my doctor , but he is still saying to stop the medicine. I really fear all the time regarding re-currence of seizure. Pls. help me what to do.
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
Hi,
Thank you for posting your query.
Neurocysticercosis is a common cause of seizures in India, and several other countries.
It is good to note that your cysticercus infection has healed. However, there is a mild increased risk of seizures even in cases of healed cysticercus granuloma. So, I agree with your concern that you could have seizures after stopping the anti epileptic drugs.
One method to find out whether you could have seizures in future is to do an MRI brain (Magnetisation transfer sequence) to look for perilesional gliosis (scar the site of infection). If a scar is present, then, it is better for you to continue Trioptal (oxcarbazepine).
Best wishes,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Thank you for posting your query.
Neurocysticercosis is a common cause of seizures in India, and several other countries.
It is good to note that your cysticercus infection has healed. However, there is a mild increased risk of seizures even in cases of healed cysticercus granuloma. So, I agree with your concern that you could have seizures after stopping the anti epileptic drugs.
One method to find out whether you could have seizures in future is to do an MRI brain (Magnetisation transfer sequence) to look for perilesional gliosis (scar the site of infection). If a scar is present, then, it is better for you to continue Trioptal (oxcarbazepine).
Best wishes,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
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