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Christy · Joined: 19 Apr 2006 Posts: 3

Hello there. I am wondering whether anyone may be able to shed some light on the matter in which I am involved concerning the tonic and absence seizures of a six year old child. This child has been submitted to some alleged abuse (mainly physical to the head area.) I am concerned that this may have contributed to the now apparent seizures she is now experiencing. Prior to this alleged head trauma, the child was normal (in that an EEG performed was normal and there was no sign of epilepsy of this kind. Confused

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Regards Christy E....
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Christy E

lash · Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 8:38 pm Post subject:

Not to avoid the question, but if the child was perfectly normal, why did anyone bother to get an EEG? Most kids/adults/people don't have EEG's unless there's something wrong.
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Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial VA
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Christy · Joined: 19 Apr 2006 Posts: 3

Yes, a valid point. The child was starting to experiencing 'absence seizures' - I apostrophise here as I am reluctant to call them absence siezures as the child would stare into space for approx 30 - 60 seconds once or twice a day and started to have difficulty learning. An EEG was performed and was normal in the respect it showed no neurological disfunction. Two years on and a repeated EEG now shows abnormal activity. Please refer to my earlier question.....
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Christy E

lash · Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 9:41 pm Post subject:

Strange. I take it the alleged abuse took place entirely after the initial EEG. Anyway, sure, head trauma can cause seizure activity. It's much more common in penetrating injury (some studies have estimated as high as 50% in some samples), but it sounds like a feasible guess here.
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Lee Ashendorf, Ph.D.
Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial VA
Co-Webmaster, Neuropsychology Central

Christy · Joined: 19 Apr 2006 Posts: 3

Hi, yes, thank you for your reply. I suspect the alleged abuse took place prior to the first EEG and escalated over a period of two years.......but that was my initial thought regarding the now abnormal brain activity....
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Christy E