SEIZURE

The German drs have told my daughter who is 28yrs of age and never in her life every had any type of seizure. She has been under a great deal of stress: her husband going to Iraq, being alone in another county, worrying about her family. The also told her she has brain lesions but the side of the brain the lesions are on will not make her have an epiletic seizure. Is there any info you can give me or I can look up? This is her second one and they have diagnose them as Grandma Seziures. I apprieciate any info. Did I mention she has migraine headaches?? Would this be the cause??
Thank you, stress mom in florida

[Abhijeet Deshmukh, MD]

Hello.

Your worry is apt. Let me give some information.

"Grand mal" seizures are seizures which appear all over the body, and which have a tonic-clonic nature. (Tonic - tensed up / Clonic - alternate contraction and relaxation of the muscles).

Our Brain has right and left parts. The right Brain controls the left half of body. That's the reason why she gets the seizures on the opposite side.

Migraine may not at all be related with the lesions. On the contrary, the migraine that was diagnosed, was actually a headache due to the lesion in the brain. It depends on the type of the lesion.

Stress can trigger a seizure.

I hope your daughter recovers soon. She has to follow the treatment regime strictly.

Regards