Jamaica, NY
A 18-year-old female asked:
if you had seizures in the past, will it show up in a brain mri years after?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
Dr. Jonathan Dissin answered
Neurology 39 years experience
Typically no: If you had seizures that were eventually controlled and never had prolonged episodes of status epilepticus, your MRI would show no evidence of the previous seizures. In general, the MRI findings in patients with epilepsy are non specific. There are exceptions and these usually assist in diagnosis, not in determining if a patient had seizures.
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If you have had a brain MRI would it show an anuyrsm? And if its negative at 29yrs old do you have to worry about developing one? Saw 1 in50 have one.
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Dr. Bennett Machanic answered
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A 28-year-old male asked:
What causes chronic headaches? I've had a negative brain MRI.
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Dr. Yash Khanna answered
Family Medicine 57 years experience
Many causes: Headaches can be due to many causes
primary headaches
1migraine
2tension headache
3cluster headaches
secondary headaches
1excessive use of analgesics
2post head injury(concussion)
3cranial neuralgias due to inflammation of 12 nerves which supply motor;sensation to head;neck
4brai tumors
5high blood pressure
6sinus problems
7pseudotumor cerebri
8 other rare conditions
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