Need some quick advise,please

[need-advise]

Hello my name is Donny and this is my first post.

i am making this post on behalf of my mother.She is a 61 year's old who had a subdural hematoma back about 10 or so years ago.

since then she has had a few seizures all gran mal.

she has been on dialysis for 18 month now and since, I've noticed that her seizure activity has increased dramatically. she had about 4 seizures within a year.


so here goes my question....

for the past 4-5 days she has been getting heat flashes. and for the past 48 hours she has been twitching or shivering, to me it looks like she is really cold.
her head & shoulders shiver and she says that some times she feels a jerk in either her arm or shoulder.also her left hand is weak and she has a headace.


i called her Dr and he told me just to watch her.


I'm praying you guys can give me some kind of info.


thank you in advance to all your help.

 

[RobinN]

Doesn't sound like your doctor is giving very sound advice. It sounds like she needs to be observed by a medical specialist. Do you have urgent care near by?

I am sorry but with all the additional issues she has I don't have much else to offer.

Good luck, she is lucky to have you available to help her.

 

[Nakamova]

What you describe do sound like seizure-related reactions. Dialysis can definitely cause or increase seizure activity. (See link below for more info):

http://www.uptodate.com/patients/content/topic.do?topicKey=~IIOItricih9Qca/'

I would definitely ask your mother's doctor to address this, and if he won't then find a doctor who will.

Best,
Nakamova