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I had a seizure during my eeg can this mean i have epilepsy for sure?

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Yes: Eeg is diagnosis of seizures.

Answered 5/2/2014

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Dr. Eric Weisman answered

Specializes in Neurology

Not necessarily: Epilepsy is recurrent unprovoked seizures. Its a clinical diagnosis. An eeg can support a dignosis of epilepsy espcially if it shows focal discharges when you are not haveing a seizure.

Answered 5/2/2014

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