Dr. Sagar Ramesh Makode
Cardiology
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Hello doctor,
My daughter had an oral surgery because she had a lot of cavities. They had to put her to sleep soon after the surgery. I am assuming less than six months that she started having seizures. Could the surgery or medicine they used made her develop these seizures? She is on medications for the seizures.
Hello,
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It is highly unlikely for the medicine used during the surgery to cause the seizures now. Regarding the surgery causing this, the only possible explanation is the development of a stroke during or after surgery which can lead to seizures later. But, I guess she did not have stroke symptoms like facial deviation or limb weakness. So this is also less likely. However, we can get an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) of the brain done to look for the cause. If it is showing some structural abnormality like the previous stroke findings then we can assume that it might have occurred during the surgery. If not, then this is epilepsy which occurs due to electrical problems in the brain and is not related to any specific cause.
Regards.
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