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Suggest Treatment For Seizure With Foaming At Mouth

A young girl age 12 has an illness that no one can identify or cure. when she was little she would burst out laughing for no reason and she could not control it and after a while she would stop laughing. About a year ago she developed an illness. one day she was sat down and suddenly she fell to the floor her eyes rolled back her body went stiff she started shaking and she grit her teeth tight it lasted 2-5 minuets it didn't look like she was conscious. And ever since the same thing happens to her, but sometimes spit comes out of her mouth. When she is conscious again she gets a really bad head ache. Can you help her in any way?
Sat, 31 Jan 2015
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What you detect to be sudden bursts of laughter could be due to sudden firing of nerve impulses from the brain to trigger the laughter like activity. The foaming during the seizures could be due to the rhythmic contraction of the respiratory muscles due to which the saliva gets mixed with the air giving rise to the froth. She needs to be under regular anticonvulsants for prolonged duration. Before deciding that which medicines are likely to work best in her case, it is necessary to get a EEG done. An MRI of the brain might also be required as a next step. Headaches are common to occur after seizures. Giving naproxen 500mg one tablet as required for headache, should help.

Please visit a neurologist and get her thoroughly assessed.
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Suggest Treatment For Seizure With Foaming At Mouth

What you detect to be sudden bursts of laughter could be due to sudden firing of nerve impulses from the brain to trigger the laughter like activity. The foaming during the seizures could be due to the rhythmic contraction of the respiratory muscles due to which the saliva gets mixed with the air giving rise to the froth. She needs to be under regular anticonvulsants for prolonged duration. Before deciding that which medicines are likely to work best in her case, it is necessary to get a EEG done. An MRI of the brain might also be required as a next step. Headaches are common to occur after seizures. Giving naproxen 500mg one tablet as required for headache, should help. Please visit a neurologist and get her thoroughly assessed.