Ohtahara Syndrome
Ohtahara Syndrome: Introduction
Ohtahara Syndrome:
Ohtahara syndrome is a neurological disorder characterized by
seizures. The disorder affects newborns, usually within the first three
months of life. ... more about Ohtahara Syndrome.
Ohtahara Syndrome: A very rare syndrome characterized mainly by epilepsy that starts within a month of birth.
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Symptoms of Ohtahara Syndrome
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Ohtahara Syndrome: Complications
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Misdiagnosis and Ohtahara Syndrome
Undiagnosed stroke leads to misdiagnosed aphasia: BBC News UK reported on a man who
had been institutionalized and treated for mental illness
because he suffered from sudden inability to speak.
This was initially misdiagnosed as a ...read more »
Dementia may be a drug interaction: A common scenario in aged care is for
a patient to show mental decline to dementia.
Whereas this can, of course, occur due to various medical...read more »
Mild traumatic brain injury often remains undiagnosed: Although the symptoms
of severe brain injury are hard to miss,
it is less clear for milder injuries, or even those causing a mild concussion...read more »
MTBI misdiagnosed as balance problem: When a person has symptoms
such as vertigo or dizziness, a diagnosis of brain injury may go overlooked.
This is...read more »
Brain pressure condition often misdiagnosed as dementia: A condition
that results from an excessive pressure of CSF within the brain is often misdiagnosed.
It may be misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease or ...read more »
Post-concussive brain injury often misdiagnosed: A study found that soldiers who had
suffered a concussive injury in battle often were misdiagnosed on their return.
A variety of symptoms can occur in post-concussion syndrome and...read more »
Children with migraine often misdiagnosed: A migraine often fails to be
correctly diagnosed in pediatric patients.
These patients are not the typical migraine sufferers, but migraines can also occur in children.
See misdiagnosis of migraine...read more »
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Causes of Ohtahara Syndrome
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Treatments for Ohtahara Syndrome
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New devices may help some epilepsy patients who are not seizure-free after taking medications.
Join our panel of experts as they discuss various standard treatment strategies for epilepsy and the factors doctors and patients should consider as...
In the past, treating kids with epilepsy might have meant using a combination of drugs that had unwanted side effects. Now it's possible for kids...
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Prognosis for Ohtahara Syndrome
Prognosis for Ohtahara Syndrome:
death within a couple of years; survivors remain in a permanent vegetative state
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Article Excerpts about Ohtahara Syndrome
Ohtahara syndrome is a neurological disorder characterized by
seizures. The disorder affects newborns, usually within the first three
months of life. Individuals with Ohtahara syndrome often have mental
retardation or other developmental impairments.
The cause of the disorder
is unknown.
(Source: excerpt from NINDS Ohtahara Syndrome Information Page: NINDS)
Definitions of Ohtahara Syndrome:
Ohtahara Syndrome is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Ohtahara Syndrome, or a subtype of Ohtahara Syndrome,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Ohtahara Syndrome as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
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