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To: traderrob6
To be truly benign, a seizure should meet three criteria:
1.It should not be caused by anything that will injure the brain.
2. The seizures themselves should not injure the brain or any other part of the body.
3. It should have no significant impact on the person's psychological and social well-being.

Since the cause of the seizure is not known, they are probably calling it benign until a proper diagnosis is made. But, at this point, all it tells us is that the doctors don't know what caused it.

Don't get me wrong, I hope all is well with Justice Roberts. I know what it is like to live with epilepsy, so my prayer is that this will not be the diagnosis. All I'm trying to point out is that benign idiopathic does not mean much...yet.

118 posted on 07/30/2007 4:54:56 PM PDT by Former Fetus
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To: Former Fetus

By now he has been scanned and they know it isn’t a tumor or metastasis,,that was my first worry. If he is okay, he is good to go. Since it is his second, they may put him on meds for a while.


119 posted on 07/30/2007 5:02:29 PM PDT by cajungirl (no)
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