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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Suggest Treatment For Epilepsy

hello sir, actually query is related to my neighbour"s son , he got an epilepsy attack at his childhood , and at the same time he was suffered from fever and then after that his whole body get blocked and till now there is no movement in his body ,as their finanacial condition was too weak that they could"nt give their child a proper treatment so is there any medication for his problem to make his body in motion so kindly suggest some solution, his age is near about 26 yrs.
Tue, 18 Mar 2014
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Hi, I am sorry to hear about him. From what you described, it seems that as a child he may have had an infection that affected the brain or the spinal cord (parts of the nervous system that control body movement) and caused paralysis. Usually, this requires intensive physical therapy to make sure the joints dont lose their mobility. If it has been several years, then it is likely that the muscles have decreased in size (called wasting or atrophy) and the joints have become stiff. If I was seeing him in clinic, I would say that there is no medicine to improve his paralysis but I would recommend physical therapy at least three times weekly to improve the strength in his muscles. Many government hospitals have a physical therapy department and if his parents (or caregivers) can learn the exercises then they can do it regularly at home. I would also recommend seeing a Neurologist


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Suggest Treatment For Epilepsy

Hi, I am sorry to hear about him. From what you described, it seems that as a child he may have had an infection that affected the brain or the spinal cord (parts of the nervous system that control body movement) and caused paralysis. Usually, this requires intensive physical therapy to make sure the joints dont lose their mobility. If it has been several years, then it is likely that the muscles have decreased in size (called wasting or atrophy) and the joints have become stiff. If I was seeing him in clinic, I would say that there is no medicine to improve his paralysis but I would recommend physical therapy at least three times weekly to improve the strength in his muscles. Many government hospitals have a physical therapy department and if his parents (or caregivers) can learn the exercises then they can do it regularly at home. I would also recommend seeing a Neurologist Please let me know if that was helpful. If it was, please take a moment to provide a rating. Thanks!