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What Is The Cause Of A Seizure?

the patient is 11 years old boy . he start to has forehead and left eye swelling , mild pain then few days later the swelling occur in the neck then right eye including with chill, later he has seizure. May you pls suggest the associated disease of this patient. Thank you
Mon, 13 Apr 2015
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Causes 2/3 are idiopathic ( often familiar).
Structural:cortical scarring (head injury),developmental(cortical dysgenesis),stroke,hippocampal sclerosis (after a febrile convulsion),vascular malformation. Others:Tuberous sclerosis,SLE

Non-epileptic causes: Trauma,stroke,haemorrage,high ICP,alcohol,benzodiazepin withdrawal

Metabolic disturbance:hypoxia, hypo-,hyper-Na-emia, hypo-Ca-emia,hypo-,hyperglycemia, uraemia,liver diseases,infection (meningitis,encephalitis, syphilis,cysticercosis, HIV), hypertermia, drugs(cocaine,tramadol,theophylline), pseudoseizures.
You should discuss risks and causes with your doctor.
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Best regards

Dr. Svetlana Shrivastva
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What Is The Cause Of A Seizure?

Thank you for contact to Health care magic. Causes 2/3 are idiopathic ( often familiar). Structural:cortical scarring (head injury),developmental(cortical dysgenesis),stroke,hippocampal sclerosis (after a febrile convulsion),vascular malformation. Others:Tuberous sclerosis,SLE Non-epileptic causes: Trauma,stroke,haemorrage,high ICP,alcohol,benzodiazepin withdrawal Metabolic disturbance:hypoxia, hypo-,hyper-Na-emia, hypo-Ca-emia,hypo-,hyperglycemia, uraemia,liver diseases,infection (meningitis,encephalitis, syphilis,cysticercosis, HIV), hypertermia, drugs(cocaine,tramadol,theophylline), pseudoseizures. You should discuss risks and causes with your doctor. Thanks Best regards Dr. Svetlana Shrivastva