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What Causes Seizures, Blurring Of Vision, Weakness And Severe Headaches?
A boy of 13 years, never had history of epilepsy, started getting Absence Seizures , since 2 month. It starts with eye blurring, cannot stand, drops down without conscious. It lasts for 1 to 2 minutes. When he regains conscious, he complaint of severe head ache and weakness. No other symptom like body stiffening or stroking is observed. It started once in several days, now increased the frequency to 3 per day. He has changed his school to Chaitenya IIT sylubus for 8 th class from this June. A neuro physician prescribed TOPAZ 25. Can you advice on above. MRI, CT, EEG are found to be normal.
Wed, 25 Feb 2015
I think there is a mistake in your description, because if your son has absences the EEG can't be normal. The main drug to treat absence seizures is ethosuximide 500mg/day at first,but of course you have to always consult his doctor!
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