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Why Vision, Hearing, Face And Neck Feeling Lost With High Functioning Autism And Epilepsy?
my daughter is 22 years old with high functioning autism, tourtettes, and epilepsy. She had an MRI, CT and EEG's in the past 2 weeks for increased seizures with no explanation. She has since then lost vision , hearing, feeling in face and neck, and has slurred speech (right side). Her vision is worsening in left eye. Neurology is not moving fast enough to find out what is going on and she is getting worse. I don't know where to take her. She has a swallow study today because she chokes on liquid. I feel I should make my own appointment today at a local ophthalmologist and maybe an ENT?
Tue, 16 Jan 2018
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I would recommend performing a brain MRI to check for possible brain changes and an EMG to check for possible myopathy (considering the fact that she can no swallow).
Consulting with an ophthalmologist is also necessary to check for possible eye or retinal disorders.
There are many genetic syndromes which can lead to this clinical situation. Consulting with a geneticist could be helpful too.
Hope you will find this answer helpful!
Kind regards, Dr. Aida
Welcome on Healthcaremagic!
I would recommend performing a brain MRI to check for possible brain changes and an EMG to check for possible myopathy (considering the fact that she can no swallow).
Consulting with an ophthalmologist is also necessary to check for possible eye or retinal disorders.
There are many genetic syndromes which can lead to this clinical situation. Consulting with a geneticist could be helpful too.
Hope you will find this answer helpful!
Kind regards, Dr. Aida
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