Why did I have a seizure after not having one for 17 years?!
Question: Why did I have a seizure after not having one for 17 years!?
When I was 6 months old I started having seizures!. I was transported to the Chicago Children's Hospital!. I was just having the seizures, but not any other symptoms!. They gave me medication, and diagnosed me with herpes encephalitis!. I stayed in the hospital for 2 months and then was released!. After that time, I did not have any seizures anymore!. Then when I was 17 years old, one night my mouth had many canker sores and my cheek swelled up!. I went to an urgent care place, and they said it was stress-related and it was also related to the herpes encephalitis!. So they gave me a prescription gel called Lidocaine Hydrochloride oral topical solution(viscous) to put on the canker sores!. My mouth got better and I still use it when canker sores appear during stressful times!. Then at age 18 years old, in the middle of the night, I had a seizure!. I fell off my bed and that is when my parents heard me!. i was taken to the hospital!. They ran CAT scans and EEG's, and found some seizure activity in the EEG, temporary lobe!. I was in the hospital for a few days!. The neurologist put me on 500mg of Keppra 2 times a day!. Now a year later, I am visiting the neurologist every 3 months and still on the Keppra doing fine!. No more seizures!. Why did I have seizures as a baby, was taken off of the medicine and then 17 years later had a seizure!. How long will I have to take the medicine!? Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
I don't know exactly why they came back!. Because it's a herpes virus, it may be similar to the virus that causes Chicken Pox!. Some viruses can lie dormant in your system for your entire life!. Something (in my non-medical opinion, STRESS) may or may not trigger it again!. It's possible that it will go away again!. Be glad there is medication available for you!. My daughter is a Type 1 Diabetic, I've witnessed the hassles of a lifelong disease !.!.!. I hope you don't let it interfere with you having a wonderful, fulfilling life!. I wish you all the best!. <3 Www@Answer-Health@Com
Wow i just had a seizure for the first time like 3 weeks ago!. It was probably just a fluke thing!. They said a seizure can be caused by lack of sleep or being on the computer too long(thats what happened to me)Www@Answer-Health@Com