My sister is now 21 years old. When she was younger, she often complained of a headache. EEG tests were performed which were normal. Doctors also found nothing. From the age of 16, she began to feel a kind of distraction, lack of concentration. She had EEG tests done several times and it came out different. One of the symptoms of generalized seizure (at the age of 16), another with abnormalities in the temporal area (at the age of 16). The last record came out normal, with a low voltage in the temporal area (21 years old). It is also interesting to note that the sister has deteriorated greatly in learning since the first incorrect spelling. He says he can't concentrate. Doctors do not find epilepsy in her. They say it is nervous. Even so, it cannot function normally because it is afraid of the next appearance of these symptoms. Are there any more specific tests that could rule out epilepsy in my sister?
The only test is the EEG, sometimes doctors have great difficulties in diagnosing epilepsy, headaches and concentration disorders are a rare cause of epileptic seizures, it is rather migraine that is the cause.
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Beata TarnackaHead of the Rehabilitation Clinic of the Medical University of Warsaw.
Member of the Polish Neurological Society, Polish Society for Atherosclerosis Research, Polish Society of Clinical Neurophysiology and Polish Rehabilitation Society.
Specializes in neurology and neurological rehabilitation of people adults.
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