Epilepsy Essay

Chief Complaint Follow up on new onset seizure. History Patient is a 58-year-old right-handed white male who presents with his ex-wife for followup after inpatient evaluation for new onset seizure. I did review the H&P and discharge summary, the initial neurology consult done by Robin Kass, MD and my follow up notes. I also reviewed the EEG report and reviewed the scans myself. This is an individual who has had a hypoglycemic brain injury in 2008 resulting in an induced coma for a full month…

The Contrasting Adversaries of the Island In William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies, Jack Merridew is major character that has tension with another major character, Ralph, throughout the book, becoming arch enemies, or, rivals if you will. Jack and Ralph have a paramount power struggle over who exactly is the leader of the boys that crashed on the island along with them. The two boys gain and lose followers or tribesmen throughout the book as these two different figureheads clash in almost…

In both clinical observation and animal models, infants have experienced seizures a period of hours after an initial asphyxia event, the effect that these seizures have in terms of neural damage however, is not known. Meldrum (1999) seizures as the sudden simultaneous firing of cells in a particular part of the brain. This is shown as high amplitude/high frequency EEG waves; and could cause physical convulsions of the body. The effect to the brain is a lot more wide spread with consequences that…

Hyperpituitarism has existed for a long time. No one actually knew what is was in the early world, but in 1567 a man named Johannes Wires wrote a medical description about it which was later published in the Medicarum Observationum. After the description was published people finally noticed what Hyperpituitarism really was. “Gigantism” or “Acromegaly” is soon what it was noticed to be. More people wrote descriptions about it in the 18th and 19th centuries, but in the early 1900’s more people…

Migraine Headaches Migraine headaches are a severe headache typically categorized by throbbing pain, nausea, and sensitivity to light and sound. They can be acute or chronic. They occur when a "trigger" stimulates the release of vasoactive neuropeptides, which causes blood vessels in the brain to contract and then dilate. This also produces vasospasms, which reduces blood flow. Platelets then clump together and release serotonin, which causes blood vessels to constrict even more. This triggers…

A year ago I was diagnosed with simple and complex partial seizures of the temporal lobe. The kind of seizures I have are hard to describe but its kind of like being on a roller coaster. You're strapped in and you can feel the tension as you know its going to happen, and you know its going to be scary. Once you reach the top of the roller coaster you get a weird feeling in your stomach, just like you do before your seizure happens . Sometimes you experience a very strong, awful feeling of Déjà…

According to the information that provided, it seems like the patient had experienced a seizure episode. Seizures are episodes of abnormal motor, sensory, autonomic, or physic activity (or a combination of these) that result from sudden excessive discharge from cerebral neurons (Hinkle & Cheever, 2014). The patient could have experienced heat intolerance when playing football in the hot afternoon, and lead him to fell down and lose consciousness. Heat intolerance and head injury are considered…

Migraines (Confirmed on medical certificate): In 2015 Demelsa was working as an au-pair in Australia, when she slipped in a bath and hit the back of her head receiving a concussion. She spent five days in hospital and then returned to New Zealand and was living in Dunedin with friends. This is when Demelsa says her migraines started. Demelsa reports a constant "base pain" which is a 7-8/10. She reports that she is now used to this pain. Three to four times a week she has an increase of…

In the focus of this case study, Cara Jones is our patient. She is a 33 year old nursing assistant who was first admitted to the hospital after having a seizure. She has never had a seizure before, so this is the first and only time this has happened. Jones has been displaying symptoms for some time now, seeming to be in a stupor at times, has shown an increase in irritability, and an overall change in demeanor. She has also been feeling nauseous and vomiting frequently for the past week before…

Migraines Migraines are a very common disease all over the world. There are more than three million cases reported in the US each year. Migraines have many cause and effects that come with it. Although, migraines are treatable and you can try to prevent them they are still very serious and can cause major problems when they occur. There are four stages in a migraine; prodromal, aura, attack, and postdromal. The first stage, prodromal, is the “early warning” it happens one to two days before…