every night when the family are watching tv my husband starts twitching he does this every night he sometimes nearly jumps off his seat then he goes into a trance and he starts make movements with his hands as if he is doing something with them.its even worse when were in bed because he does the exact same things in bed as well as talks/shouts in bed.please could any on eadvise me,doctor said it was a lack of salt ans sugar.
2007-01-04 04:12:08 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
Hello Debbie! A very happy new year to you both. Going by what you say, it pretty much looks like a complex partial seizure. It is one kind of a seizure disorder where the abnormal bizarre discharges arise from a localised area of the brain causing a transient impairment of the patient's ability to maintain normal contact with his surroundings. Phenomena like talking/shouting/walking/running etc are also very well known to occur and these are called "automatisms" which are involuntary behaviors that the patient manifests while he/she is having the seizure. These abnormal discharges within the brain may be recorded by surface electrodes placed over the head and the record is called an Electroencephalogram(EEG). I think you need to get your husband evaluated thoroughly again and he probably would merit an EEG with or without MRI brain. I hope I have been helpful. Good luck!
2007-01-04 04:54:53 · answer #1 · answered by David 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am an ex nurse and your doctor is a fool, it sounds like a mild fit. His central nervous system is at fault here. Has he been checked by a specialist if not he SHOULD be. Get a second opinion NOW
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2007-01-04 07:33:08 · answer #2 · answered by gloriashealth@btinternet.com 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So he HAS been to the doctor for this? So what did the doctor tell him to do? He should be following the doctor's instructions. If it hasn't gotten better or worse, then he needs to go back to the doctor.
2007-01-04 04:16:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
kind of sounds like epilepsy. I would go back to the doctor.
2007-01-04 04:15:41 · answer #4 · answered by Bmanpara 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
with his hand? was he watching porn? Just kidding, maybe it's the flashes on tv that make him twitch.
2007-01-04 04:28:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe its something to do with the nerves involuntary spasms of the muscles?
2007-01-04 04:20:22 · answer #6 · answered by curious_2006 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my son does this sort of thing his is called tourettes syndrome
2007-01-04 08:31:18 · answer #7 · answered by callan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
is it only at night?
2007-01-04 04:15:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋