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Frontal lobe epilepsy
Seizures can result from abnormal discharges that come from a specific area of the brain. These can be simple without change in consciousness or complex with change in consciousness. If focus is in the frontal lobes, may cause strange behavior and special type of initial "aura" that can be very difficult to identify as seizure activity.
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What is frontal lobe epilepsy?
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Autosomal dominant risk for nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy?
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Is numbness in left site of body in a few seconds related to frontal lobe epilepsy?
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A friend of mine has frontal lobe epilepsy and she might undergoe surgery i understand their is a risk but i want it in basic words. Will it affect her? And if so in what ways? Will she be the same or is their a chance she'll be permanently affected?
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What treatment is recommended for frontal lobe epilepsy?
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Like to know if I have frontal lobe epilepsy or temporal or if is a process of somatization?
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Can keppra cause heart issues? also- can ambiguous epilepsy (frontal lobe so didn't show up on eeg) be caused by pfo heart? or does successful treatment with keppra rule that out?
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What is causing right caudate lobe to be severely atrophic in Epilepsy patients? What are A) Causes B) Symptoms/ consequences C) Prognoses D) Cures
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Can temporal lobe epilepsy be cured?
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How do you treat temporal lobe epilepsy?
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Does temporal lobe epilepsy cause dyscalucia .
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How rare is temporal lobe epilepsy onset in age 20?
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Eeg shows temperal lobe seziure activity. Does this mean I have epilepsy?
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Diagnosed 8 weeks ago with temporal lobe epilepsy. I am 55. I am so angry to have this. Why?
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What is the best advice to give my brother who has been diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy?
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A 39-year old female asked:
Adult epilepsy I have had a right lobe lobectomy due to my seizure s one year ago.I have been having some seizures again is this normal?
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What is the treatment for temporal lobe epilepsy?
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Would temporal lobe surgery fix my psychosis as well as my epilepsy?
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What are the most common complications of temporal lobe epilepsy surgery?
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Is temporal lobe epilepsy easier to operate on than other types of epilepsy?
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Ive been diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy, can I be prescribed lamotrigine through HealthTap?
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What is it important for me to ask my neurosurgeon before having temporal lobe surgery for epilepsy?
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I suffer from temporal lobe epilepsy. I was wondering what problems this can cause having my right temporal lobe removed?
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Is there a cure that can help a decrease in the right hippocampal lobe in the brain? If there is a decrease in the right hippocampal lobe in the brain that causes epilepsy, is a cure available other than medicine? Medicine hasn't been able to fully contro
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What to do if I have temporal lobe epilepsy that causes me to hear voices?
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