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What Causes Headaches, Loss Of Sensitivity And Brain Fog?

My husband has been having some medical difficulties lately. Pretty much constant headache that is occasionally excrutiating. Some tingling in his extremities. Alternating with the headache is a feeling of loss of sensitivity and brain fog. He has also been having some stomach issues. He had an endoscopy yesterday for that. Most recently, he has started having body jerks. It started just a little bit at night while he was falling asleep. But Thursday night it was worse. We were actually at the ER with our child when it started, so they checked his blood work which was all normal and did an EKG which was fine as well. When he sits down to relax or lies down to sleep, his body just randomly jerks. Today, it also happened during the day while he was standing. He had a clear CT scan in October and had an MRI the other day which showed no acute abnormalities but did show some "non-specific changes." We are going to a neurologist soon, but I am really worried about the jerks-they seem to be increasing in frequency.
Wed, 29 Jan 2014
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Hi,

Thank you for posting your queries regarding your husband.

Even though you are worried about him, I would like to reassure you that the jerks in him are normal and there is no need of concern at present.

It is fairly common to have myoclonic jerks while falling asleep or while getting up from sleep.

Moreover, the CT scan and MRI are normal.

I would also suggest you to get an EEG done to exclude myoclonic epilepsy.

I hope my reply has helped you.

I would be pleased to answer, if you have any follow up queries or if you require any further information.
     
Best wishes,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad,
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What Causes Headaches, Loss Of Sensitivity And Brain Fog?

Hi, Thank you for posting your queries regarding your husband. Even though you are worried about him, I would like to reassure you that the jerks in him are normal and there is no need of concern at present. It is fairly common to have myoclonic jerks while falling asleep or while getting up from sleep. Moreover, the CT scan and MRI are normal. I would also suggest you to get an EEG done to exclude myoclonic epilepsy. I hope my reply has helped you. I would be pleased to answer, if you have any follow up queries or if you require any further information. Best wishes, Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology) Senior Consultant Neurologist Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, For DIRECT QUERY to me: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar My blog: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.com/