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Is It Common To Experience Hallucinations And Agitation After A Brain Surgery?

My husband 61 had a brain bleed found AVM removed it while waiting for surgery had a light stroke had been doing well with progress then 5 months after surgery diagnosed with recrudescence he s havin hallucinations and very angry and agitated is this common
Fri, 21 Sep 2018
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Hello,

Do you mean that they have diagnosed a recrudescence of the previously removed AVM? Hallucinations and change in personality and behavior may be as a result of changes occurring as a result of the removal of some brain tissue from the area where the AVM was situated. Or these symptoms could be from metabolic or other chemical imbalances in the brain that need to be rectified.

Your best bet is to take your husband to a neurologist who is a behavior expert to assess him for what the new behavioral/cognitive baseline seems to be and then, to suggest proper treatment or intervention depending upon what is truly the most likely thing causing this new picture to develop.

Hope I have answered your query.
Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Dariush Saghafi,
Neurologist
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Is It Common To Experience Hallucinations And Agitation After A Brain Surgery?

Hello, Do you mean that they have diagnosed a recrudescence of the previously removed AVM? Hallucinations and change in personality and behavior may be as a result of changes occurring as a result of the removal of some brain tissue from the area where the AVM was situated. Or these symptoms could be from metabolic or other chemical imbalances in the brain that need to be rectified. Your best bet is to take your husband to a neurologist who is a behavior expert to assess him for what the new behavioral/cognitive baseline seems to be and then, to suggest proper treatment or intervention depending upon what is truly the most likely thing causing this new picture to develop. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Dariush Saghafi, Neurologist