Question 1

what are causes of abnormal eeg results?

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EEGs are hard: An abnormal eeg can mean many things.  Intermittent changes in eeg, like theta discharges or spikes, can be associated with epileptic seizures or other intermittent symptoms like migraine.  Continuous changes, like slow background, can be an effect of drugs or internal disorders like liver or kidney disease.  Changes in one spot of the head could mean damage like stroke or tumor.

Question 2

can lamictal cause abnormal eeg results?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Although Lamictal is used to treat epilepsy, a condition characterized often by abnormal eeg, it does affect the brain's electrical activity. As such it certainly does have the potential to change the eeg, just as does any other anti-epileptic drug/.

Question 3

what could cause an abnormal eeg?

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Too many causes: The eeg is a measure of the electrical activity of the brain.  The brain activity may run rough due to lack of sleep, medications, illness, drugs, brain damage, tumors, malformations, etc.  Many findings on eeg are without explanation.  Specific patterns may indicate a specific disease condition or be associated with a specific genetic disorder.  Children can have strange but benign abnormalities.

Question 4

what can cause an abnormal eeg report?

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EEG: Seizures, Encephalopathies, Delirium, Endocrine disorders, Brain death.Dementia, Encephalitis, Substance toxicities or withdrawal states.

Question 5

possible reasons for abnormal eeg results for my toddler?

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Many possibilities: Eeg is helpful inmany ways. Focal slowing, generalized slowing, focal seizure activity, generalized seizure activity are among the possible reasons an eeg might be considered abnormal. After age 2 the eeg of a child is similar to an adult in many ways.

Question 6

can long term dr prescribed xanax use cause abnormal eeg?

Accepted Answer

Not typically but...: I guess anything's possible. Here are the drugs that usually are mentioned in relationship to EEG alterations: https://treato.com/Abnormal+EEG/?a=s

Question 7

can a severe reaction (such as swelling& high fever) to a whooping cough shot in the 50's cause an abnormal eeg and seizures in later life?

Accepted Answer

Pertussis vaccine: This would be unlikely, but anything is possible.  A very rare yet serious side effect associated with this vaccine is the occurrence of seizures. The cdc reports seizures in association with the vaccine (although not necessarily causative) in one child out of 14, 000 who are immunized. This can lead to coma, brain damage and even death, but these side effects usually occur shortly after.

Question 8

my 5yr old son has had two abnormal eeg's. it's in one area of his brain, could a tumor be the cause?

Accepted Answer

Needs evaluation.: EEGs are done when one suspects seizure activity.
Focal areas of seizure activity, determined by abnormal EEG may need further testing in the form of scans of the brain. You should consult a doctor/pediatric neurologist to look further into this. This is not alarming but needs further tests at least to disprove such diagnosis.

Question 9

what would make a mildly abnormal eeg?

Accepted Answer

Many causes: There are many causes of a mildly abnormal eeg from sleepiness (which can look like slowing) to medications, to medical problems causing a confusional state (delirium) to stroke and so on. Mildly abnormal eeg's are also sometimes seen in people without a definite neurological problem.

Question 10

what is the next step after having an abnormal eeg?

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Consult a Neurolgist: If you have an abnormal eeg, it depends on how abnormal it is, and what is your other medical and neurolgic history.  Really only a specialist should advise you what your next step is. It might be medicine, it might be just watching things.

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