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Subject: Fibrillations during EEG I have had fibrillations since 1991 with negative EMG's untill recently when it was borderline. I have never had the fibrillations while I was having the EMG. Recently I had 2 EEG's; the first one I had 5-6 fibrillations while it was being done and was abnormal, the second I had no fibrillations and it was normal. Can you help me to understand the significance of "4 to 5 hz rhythmic sharp waves with a positive component at F7-T3, Fp1-F-3. An irritable cortex was suggested. There was asymmetry in alpha activity being decreased in voltage and less organized in the left compared to the right." My risk factors are probable brief exposure to a mist of red fuming nitric acid while in the Gulf War, and a fall from 15 feet in 1985. I do not have any known history of any brain infection. Do either of the risk factors seem plausible to explain the report? Thanks for any help you can give me. | |
