Patient 3 Raymond Epilepsy By Catrina Byrd Patients
Patient #3: Raymond – Epilepsy By: Catrina Byrd
Patients Background • Patient #3 - A woman brings her 10 -year-old son, Raymond, in to see you. He’s been overly aggressive and angry lately, but she has attributed this to her divorce from Raymond’s father. Last night, Raymond attended a party at his friend’s house. After a night of laser tag and little sleep, Raymond started shaking and convulsing. He stopped before his mom arrived, but she still wanted to get him checked out. Raymond does not really remember falling to the floor, but he does remember that he smelled a very unpleasant odor right before he went down. - Curriculum.
Symptoms: • Aggression- Frontal Lobe • Anger- Lymbic System • Shaking- Lymbic System • Convulsions- Lymbic System • Memory Loss- Cerebellum
Diagnosis • Almost all of the symptoms point to Epilepsy. These being: • Aggression • Seizures • Memory loss
What is Epilepsy? • Seizures occur without warning. • Range from staring into space to full out spasms. • May be a strong or bad smell coming from the patient.
Raymond and Epilepsy • Damage of the frontal lobe can cause aggresion. • Complications in the lymbic system can cause anger and seizures. • Corruption of the cerebellum can lead to memory loss.
Prognosis • Raymond has a chance to live a normal life and will be put through a lot of different therapies to help with seizures and aggressiveness. If Raymond refuses therapy he could obtain a shorter life span.
Sources • https: //www. epilepsy. com/epilepsy_brain • http: //symptoms. webmd. com/default. htm#/symptoms. View
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