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What Causes Grand Mal Seizure?

During a session at the tattoo parlor i had a grand mal seizure where my eyes rolled into the back of my head and my leg muscles contracted and released twice. The whole episode lasted 20-30 secs. Immediately before I lost awareness my stomach felt empty and i felt light headed. I've had that feeling twice before over the last year and a half when I working out in the morning but did not have a loss of awareness or muscle control those times. I've had a headache for 3 days since and have had headaches 3-4 times a week for several weeks before it happened. The headaches are not severe, just a dull pain. Two uncles and my grand father had epilepsy but it was brought on by head trauma. Is it possible that it was a diabetic seizure since every time I have felt like that it during something that put stress on my body and I had little or nothing to eat? Or is it likely that it was epilepsy or something else? Should I hurry and get a appointment with my doctor?
Thu, 9 Aug 2018
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Your description of the event definitely warrants an evaluation that would include performing an EEG and likely an MRI of the brain since it could very well have been an epileptic episode. However, if you are diabetic then, it is possible this could've been linked to a blood sugar problem (either too high or too low). I recommend you find a neurologist as soon as possible. Sounds like you will need to be taking some sort of medication.



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What Causes Grand Mal Seizure?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. Your description of the event definitely warrants an evaluation that would include performing an EEG and likely an MRI of the brain since it could very well have been an epileptic episode. However, if you are diabetic then, it is possible this could ve been linked to a blood sugar problem (either too high or too low). I recommend you find a neurologist as soon as possible. Sounds like you will need to be taking some sort of medication. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.