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Can Diabetic Seizures And Loss Of Motor Function Occur In A Recovering Drug Addict?
I HAVE CHRONIC HEMIPLEGIC MIGRAINE. MY SON IS A RECOVERING HEROIN/OPIATE ADDICT, A TYPE 1 DIABETIC. HE WAS RECENTLY IN A CAR ACCIDENT THO UNHURT. HE HAD A DIABETIC SEIZURE LAST WEEK AND LOSS OF MOTOR FUNCTION AND NUMBNESS ON ONE SIDE OF HIS BODY THE NEXT DAY. CT SCAN SHOWED NOTHING.
Tue, 24 Oct 2017
Hai,
*Heroin belongs to Opioid
*Heroin withdrawl presents as excessive secretion all over body with pain all over body
*check for other substance use
*Alcohol withdrawl can present as seizure.But it will present usually on 2nd or 3rd day of last intake of alcohol.
*In diabetes Hypoglcemic state can cause seizure irrespective of drug addiction
*Heroin belongs to Opioid
*Heroin withdrawl presents as excessive secretion all over body with pain all over body
*check for other substance use
*Alcohol withdrawl can present as seizure.But it will present usually on 2nd or 3rd day of last intake of alcohol.
*In diabetes Hypoglcemic state can cause seizure irrespective of drug addiction
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