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Asked for male, 30 years old from Mumbai
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Dermatologist•Chennai
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don't worry..100% cure possible with specific medicine...Fungus or yeast infection....common around skin folds like thighs and genitals.. avoid sweating, sharing clothes,towels and soap.. specific medicine required depends on the severity.. for detailed prescription do direct online consultation by sending photos.
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Neurologist•Panchkula
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Dear lybrate-user,
it is good that you have not had any seizures after 2019 august. Unfortunately you have not mentioned the findings of ct/ mri. Mostly if the lesions have cleared the chances of seizure recurrence decrese with time. The chances of having a seizure are likely to be very minimal now. Many a times we stop the medication after such a long seizure free period but that decision can be taken after reviewing the initial imaging and a present imaging.
The feeling that you have o...more
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Asked for male, 44 years old from Muzaffarnagar
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Neurosurgeon•Visakhapatnam
As per your history you didn't have any seizures and its more than a week now. You can stop all the medications as they may be of no benefit. Wishing you a speedy recovery and stay safe
namaskaram.
Asked for male, 46 years old from Dehradun
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Hi, From Dehradun (uttarakhand) India. I used to be a chronic alcoholic person. As result, 2 nos. Blood clots found in my brain thru mri. In my right hand side of my brain, which were removed by doctors thru surgery and advised liver treating medicines. After 10 days consumption of the said medicine, I continued to be alcoholic as earlier and assumed that after the brain surgery, I am normal now. However, I started getting sequence of seizures only after one month of surgery. I spent about 5 days in the hospital release with new set of medicine "levetiracetam 1g" and "clobazam 1g" and "epsolin - phenytoin sodium tab ip" for 2 months. Now I absolutely stopped consuming alcohol. But since last few weeks, my feet are swelling to its normal size and causes pain too, since I continue to wore socks 24 hrs due to cold winters. And wear shoes at work too. Swelling and itching in my feet are now become a problem for me know.

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General Physician•Thane
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Kindly continue medicines which your doctor has suggested for seizures.
Since you already had clot in brain , there is a possibility that you may be having clots in your leg that may be affecting the blood circulation in legs . Doppler examination of both feets can help . Also if your foot wear is tight than chnage it
Avoid prolonged standing on feets.
Leg elevation can also help to decrease medicines.
Decrease your salt intake in diet
Asked for male, 28 years old from Phagwara
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Hello, I am having this psychological/neurological problem since 2011 after I met with a serious accident which caused internal-bleeding and blood clotted in my brain but it got fine with medication and no surgery was required. Then my doctor prescribed me 'Epsolin tablets for around a year. The composition of tablet is Phenytoin Sodium (100 mg). To be frank, It took me 8-9 months to fully recover physically and mentally. Then during that time-period I faced this problem which is explained below: It happens for one full day. On that day, When I wake up in the morning I am totally depressed and my head feels heavy. Thoughts of death come to mind so often. Then a memory blinks in my mind which is always related to some adventurous nightmare I saw previously. When this memory blinks, my heartbeat fastens and feel dizzy for 9-10 seconds and then recover. This keeps happening until I go to sleep at night and wake up next morning. It totally takes me two days to fully recover from this state of mind. Facts: 1. Intensity of the effect which occurs after blink is reduced since starting. 2. Frequency of the problem is also less now. As I mentioned in the description it happens once a month now. 3. Nightmares which blinks in my mind are always those which I saw on the same day previously. It is full of adrenaline rush for example someone chasing me, hanging from an aeroplane etc. 4. I have never explained this to anyone. I tried once but none could understand it. I couldn't even find out that whom should I consult. 5. I have tried sleeping during day to see if it goes away after that nap but it was not working. It still remains until night sleep. Please help me. Tell me something. I am so confused. Thank you in advance.

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Psychiatrist•Bangalore
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These are all symptoms of anxiety, which might even be related to your handling of the stress of the accident. Try simple methods like yoga and meditation, and a daily walk to soothe your mynd and exercise your body. If this fails, meet a Psychiatrist.
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Asked for male, 27 years old from Palakkad
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Is there any treatment for pronunciation difficulty during conversation and always searching for words to say during conversation (even when i'm not anxious talking with my family or friends) which makes me looks like a dump during conversation? I do experience depression at some times and anxious every time. (these which I believe is the side effects of "phenytoin" I took for 7 years continuously for epilepsy, discontinued 10 years ago. I've been suffering from these symptoms since back then). Please do not prescribe ssri like the doctors given to me when I consulted. I do not want further side effects. Have digestion issues also. Foods like onion, tomato, milk and other dairy products especially with high sugar content, fried food items, fast foods, etc. Worsens my stomach and causes depression there after. Will cerebrolysin / cerebroprotein hydrolysate help me frame sentences during conversation? Also heal / regenerate neurons in brain which eventually helps me perform better? I'm sorry for suggesting this i'm not going to self medicate. I suffered a lot due to this. My career growth is stunned, I don't know what to do to cure this. The usual "meditation" thing is not working for me. I tried it for 3 months with no improvement. Feels like i'm losing hope.

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Psychiatrist•Kolkata
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Stammering is often due to underlying anxiety and lack of self confidence. Treatment with anti-anxiety medications often help. There are other anti-anxiety medications other than ssri. Cerebrolysin / cerebroprotein hydrolysate has no significant role in improving this. You can also take help of speech therapists.
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Im searching a best seizure medicine which has very low side effect and which do not effect to liver, kidney heart and others organs, my neuro doctor has offered me to choose one medicine from "phenytoin, carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine, eslicarbazepine, sodium valporate, topiramate, levetiracetam, lamotrigine, diavalporex, phenobarbitone, currently i'm taking clobazam 12.5 mg and lacosamide 200 mg per day but nothing improvement. I feels suddenly extreme difficulty till 30 to 50 second, I always remain conscious at that time and can talk with anyone but that difficulty what I feels which is unable to express in words. My mri report show: ring shaped cortical/ subcortical lesion with eccentric dot and blooming on swi and calcification on phage image in the left hippocampal formation with minimal peripheral gliosis/edema. Findings represent calcified granuloma most likely related to neurocysticercosis. Other diagnostic consideration is tuberculosis. 2. Mild increased signal and volume loss of the left hippocampus as compared to right. Finding are suggestive of left mesial temporal sclerosis. Clinical correlation is suggested" while I do eeg test when normal condition always show normal eeg but when 30-50 second extreme difficulty happen during eeg show abnormal ieds: left anterior temporal and there are few sharp wave discharge starting from left anterior temporal region. Now according some above report which medicine is the best for me please suggest. I want to change medicine lacosamide and clobazam. Thank you.

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Neurologist•Delhi
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Every medicine affects some organ systems. As they get metabolised or excreted or turn into active metabolite. Levetiracetam does not affect liver and is well tolerated but it does negatively affect kidney function.
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