Guest Guest_efgh Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 When should one worry about EEG, seizures etc? so many of our kids have tics (vocal and motor) but what is the distinguishing feature that warrants an EEG? sorry about my ignorance. would appreciate any reply on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 efgh, Our doctor seems to think that tics are a form of seizures. He said if we were to do an EEG we would see seizure activity. He also assured me that tics would never progress to full blown seizure disorders such as epilepsy, but he does beleive they are related to seizures. I have heard this theory before. I'm not quite sure what good an EEG would do especially if it is true that tic disorders show abnormal brain patterns. Jennifer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest_efgh Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 Jennifer and ALL Our doctor seems to think that tics are a form of seizures. He said if we were to do an EEG we would see seizure activity. He also assured me that tics would never progress to full blown seizure disorders such as epilepsy, but he does beleive they are related to seizures. I have heard this theory before. I'm not quite sure what good an EEG would do especially if it is true that tic disorders show abnormal brain patterns. Jennifer That is a bit concerning. I haven't heard of this before since I always thought tics are mostly benign as compared to seizures... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chemar Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 I have double checked my references and I would have to disagree that tics ARE seizures, or even a form of them! This is how I understand it: Yes, they look like seizures sometimes......but seizures are known to be "driven" by the cortex of the brain, whereas tics are strongly believed to be driven from the basal ganglia..... also, the neuorochemistry underlying them is VERY different. Plus, in seizures, it is mostly accompanied by a loss of consciousness, either briefly or for longer periods. This does NOT happen with tics. An EEG can usually very clearly distinguish between seizure activity and that of tics....whether TS or "transient".......there is a rythmic and repetitive sequence in the readings during seizures and also rythm in myclonic seizures and tremors. Tics, especially Tourette tics, show no such rythm and are indiscriminate, rather than repetitive in their EEG readings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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