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What Causes My Daughter S Recurring Glazed Look And Blank Smile Look?

Daughter - 12 yrs old has had several (5-10 in last 3 weeks) of almost glazed look on face with uncontrolled smile for 10-20 seconds. She describes it as spacing out but can t control her face. Sometimes her eyes will tear up as she is in the midst of an episode
Mon, 6 Oct 2014
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Hi,

Thank you for posting your query.

I have noted your daughter's symptoms and they are suggestive of complex partial seizures.

She should undergo a detailed evaluation to confirm the diagnosis and find out the underlying cause. This would require doing an MRI brain-epilepsy protocol and electroencephalography (EEG).

There are good anti-epileptic medications, which can control these events kin future.

I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.

Wishing you good health,

Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
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What Causes My Daughter S Recurring Glazed Look And Blank Smile Look?

Hi, Thank you for posting your query. I have noted your daughter s symptoms and they are suggestive of complex partial seizures. She should undergo a detailed evaluation to confirm the diagnosis and find out the underlying cause. This would require doing an MRI brain-epilepsy protocol and electroencephalography (EEG). There are good anti-epileptic medications, which can control these events kin future. I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information. Wishing you good health, Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology) Senior Consultant Neurologist Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India Click on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar My BLOG: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.in