My Grandad Is Having Problems Posted: 11-28-06 15:28pm
I would be grateful if someone could shed
light on what is happening to my grandad.
He is 76yrs old, and was a heavy drinker
and smoker. Last week he was fit as a
fiddle, driving, active and sharp.
He then when to portuagal on holiday and
on his return he complained about a sore
leg, a few days later he was being sick
with diarreha.
He is not in hospital showing symptons
such as confusion, agitation, he seems to
talk about weird things. But he is still
just as sharp most of the time although he
finds it hard to follow requests or
commands. He is also lacking some short
term memory.
The hospital has rules out stroke and
thrombosis and cant seem to find anything
physically wrong with him.
Symptoms that you mentioned are
neurological and there must be something
happening in his brain. If stroke was
excluded other possibilities could be TIA
(transitory ishemic attack), brain
infection or some poisoning. Alcohol
encephalopathy due to chronic alcohol
abuse is also possible. Several diagnostic
procedures are requested to solve the
case.
Does he still have the same symptoms?
Which diagnostic procedures have being
made till now?
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antigone
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Posted: 04-19-08 02:43am
Did the doctor do any sort of work up for
parasitic infections? Some people can
contract a parasite when traveling out the
country. Trichinosis causes the symptoms
you have described. It may be worth
looking into this.
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