My son has severe autism with severe sensory issues with light and sound. He can't even get through the day without his ear muffs anymore. During Nov. and Dec. 2008 he was in more pain than usual that included horrible pain, inlcuding almost daily migraine headaches(he's non-verbal, but it's what it looked like) He'd turn the lights out and just cry under his weighted blanket. Sometimes digging at his eyes and many times biting himself or hitting himself in the head. We ruled out many things. We went to a nuerologist and they said results were normal. I requested a copy of the report and it says,
Impression: "Bilateral mastoid mucosal disease. Otherwise, normal MRI of the brain."
What's up with that? They just said "normal" and never mentioned the bilateral...
Can anyone explain what that means?
I beleive they should have told me exactly what they put in the report, luckily I requested a copy.
The neurologist proceeded to send us home again, suggesting antipsychotics for my child.
I know it's pain related and may be bilateral mastoid mucosal disease is not that big of a deal for typical children, but my son is still suffering from something.
So what is bilateral...?
What should I do next?
Sorry for the rant. I just hate to see my son suffer almost everyday of his life. He rarely feels comfortable in his own skin and has always had issues with his head (banging it against walls at 2 yo, sliding his forehead against wood floors 3 yo, hitting himself in the head, and covers his ears constantly and has to cover his eyes from the light.
DStout