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The night fright of nocturnal seizures
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I can remember trying to rip out my hair. The inside of my head was going at a million miles an hour.
Sure, I was lucky I didn’t pee in my bed or fall off it. And happily I didn’t bite my tongue. Or end up bruised and sore.
But I was exhausted. With a horrible headache.
Like many, it was hard to stay awake during the day. (Hey, I’d just been up all night. Afraid to go back to sleep.)
It was an endless cycle. I couldn’t sleep. I couldn’t stay awake.
The curse of nocturnal seizures.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) — How To Get Instant Care
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You wake up and you’re feeling crummy. You have a fever. You may be coughing. But because of the Coronavirus, your physician isn’t available. You panic. In most states, you cannot even be tested for COVID-19.
It takes between 2 and 14 days for a newly infected person to start showing symptoms.
After symptoms begin to show, it can take more than a week for them to be eligible for testing (many people are not eligible at all).
And then, thanks to backlogs in testing availability, it can take days for them to learn they tested positive.
Maybe you should go to Urgent Care. But they’re so overloaded, they might turn you away.
Emergency rooms won’t accept you unless you’re have a very high temperature and having trouble breathing.
That’s when they will take you and put you on a ventilator. But what happens in between? Panic or medical care from an unexpected source?
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Conversion Disorder and Epilepsy…
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What is it?
Is it epilepsy or conversion disorder?
The term “conversion” comes from the idea that psychological distress is being converted into a physical symptom.
The cause is not known.
Two Tests Could Aid in Risk Assessment and Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s
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From “The New York Times”, published January 18, 2011…
“Researchers are reporting major advances toward resolving two underlying problems involving Alzheimer’s disease: How do you know if someone who is demented has it? And how can you screen the general population to see who is at risk?…”
Tags: alzheimer's, diagnosis, mental decline, predict, risks, tests
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