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Having Seizures. Subacute Lacunar Infarcts In Bilateral Lentiform Nuclei As Well As Atrophic Changes In Brain Parenchyma. Patient Precautions?

a CT scan was carried out on my brother, 57 yrs and a psychiatric patient for many years .the report mentioned "Subacute Lacunar infarcts in bilateral lentiform nuclei as well as Atrophic changes in brain parechyma. he falls down and has seizures occasionally. what does it imply for the patient and how serious is the problem?
Mon, 6 May 2013
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Since your brother is having multiple episodes of seizures he needs to be on anti epileptic medications.Other than the CT scan doctors will need an EEG to identify the type of seizure your brother is having. Doctors also determine the seizure type based on the description provided by an eye witness.

Your doctor will also look for other causes of seizures by running blood tests to look for any cause of seizures that can be corrected. Its quite possible that your brother's seizures may be controlled with a single anti epileptic medication but he might need to be on them for long term. Your doctor will help you decide depending on the cause & type of seizures your brother is having.

Hope this helps.
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Having Seizures. Subacute Lacunar Infarcts In Bilateral Lentiform Nuclei As Well As Atrophic Changes In Brain Parenchyma. Patient Precautions?

Hi Since your brother is having multiple episodes of seizures he needs to be on anti epileptic medications.Other than the CT scan doctors will need an EEG to identify the type of seizure your brother is having. Doctors also determine the seizure type based on the description provided by an eye witness. Your doctor will also look for other causes of seizures by running blood tests to look for any cause of seizures that can be corrected. Its quite possible that your brother s seizures may be controlled with a single anti epileptic medication but he might need to be on them for long term. Your doctor will help you decide depending on the cause & type of seizures your brother is having. Hope this helps.