Aura or epileptic seizure Posted: 01-16-08 03:39am
Over the past few days I suspect I have
been having 'auras'. Is the following an
aura, and wht should I do about it? starts
with intense fear - can't breathe, pins
and needles feeling on entire left side of
body, followed by hot/cold flash, very
often a strange smell (like burning
plastic). Facial muscles (left) tense up,
it looks like a lopsided smile. No other
muscle twitches or so. Usually goes by
within 1 minute, feels much longer. Is
this an aura or prehaps a small seizure?
Could it be caused by the scar tissue from
my operation in september? sorry I canm't
type so great, my pinkie an dring finger
(left hand) are still usless after the
operation.
thanks in advance.
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Epilepsy Answer A3559 Posted: 01-30-08 03:40am
You wrote:
"Diagnosis that has been suggested:
astocytoma grad II right frontal/temporal
Current medical status: astro debulking
surgery 09/2007. MRI jan 2008 (results
unclear: cannot differentiate tumor mass
from scar tissue and edema)"
The symptoms you report would be an aura
if followed by a generalized seizure
attack , but this didn’t happen in your
case. In some cases, a partial seizure
attack (secondary generalized epilepsy)
occurs before a before generalized seizure
attack . This partial seizure attack is
sensed by the patient and is called an
"aura".
Auras can manifested with various symptoms
(voices, smells, sights, muscle
contractions etc.) depending upon the
origin of the epilepsy. Because a
generalized attack was not confirmed in
your case the symptoms may represent some
partial attack that didn't become
generalized. Scar tissue in the brain can
cause either partial or generalized
epilepsy attack. Further, an EEG can
confirm or exclude epilepsy. You can
consult a neurologist about this.
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