Comments on: Virus linked to temporal lobe epilepsy

By: Carol

Carol — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 04:33:55 +0000

Interesting. I have crippling Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Independent Generalized Seizures (complex partial, simple partial, and atonics), and I when tested a couple of years back I had high titers of both parvo and HHV6.

By: George Lemi

George Lemi — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 12:30:04 +0000

Thanks D. Fowler for the very interesting post. Your case is similar to mine in that, pon turning mid 30, I started having occassional seizure by collapsing down for about 1 minute when I wake up in mid sleep to go for p! This happened for about 2 years then vanished. When I reached mid 40 I started feeling astrange like mild electric short triking my body. I went to a doctor who did a CT scan and diagonised me to have epilepsy. He subscribed me on a carbamazepine drug which I used for 6 months. This shock vanished and I stopped the medication for about a year. Then I suddenly started having night time epilepsy where I would urinate and bite my toungue sverely unconsiously. My wife says that I snores heavily and jerks my body and immediately go back to sleep, soundly! I went back to the former mediacation, and whenever I use it without fail I can go up to a year without a seizure. It is when I stops when seizre returns within the second month or if I drink strong alcohol.
I live in Africa where there is shortage of specialists and proper consultants on epilepsy.
Please, let me know if anyone know whether this could be a virus epilepsy, what type of epilepsy and what I should do to eliminate the problem completely.
I am now 55 years.
Thanks.
Lemi

By: D. Fowler

D. Fowler — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 04:11:54 +0000

I have had recurring herpes outbreaks (mouth, face,eye, headache, etc)for many years. I avoid high arginine foods, but it’s hard to avoid stress which also triggers herpes. A year ago I began having nighttime seizures, usually after extreme emotional/physical stress. I have had six this year. A local neurologist isn’t interested in the cause/prevention, just medication, so I am seeing a specialist in January.

By: tony

tony — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:58:16 +0000

very interesting after being diagnosed with herpes I then had a nocturnal seizure right temporal lobe with tonic clonic S.that was in 1999 today I am having herpes every three months which seems to affect my brain I told my gp but he does nothing about it, So I have reffered myself to a specialist.

By: Neurodisorder

Neurodisorder — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:26:29 +0000

Very interesting Post!!!.
This is in agreement with the view that reactive astrocytes may may be responsable or at least contribute to the progression from acute to chronic epilepsy after different types of brain insult.
It would be interesting to compare the metabolism and protein expression (glutamate transporter, potassium channesl…) of virally infected astrocytes whith that of reactive astrocytes.
A post related to this topic can be found in my blog NEURODISORDER.

By: Matt (Knight in Dragonland)

Matt (Knight in Dragonland) — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 22:29:24 +0000

Acute HHV infection has been associated with febrile seizures in kids. Sometimes febrile seizures progress on to epilepsy (although only a small fraction), and that epilepsy usually has a focus in the temporal lobes.
Febrile seizures also tend to run in families. If there is a susceptibility locus, that would be a good place to look – families with a strong history of febrile seizures in childhood.

By: Romeo Vitelli

Romeo Vitelli — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 03:05:56 +0000

Strictly speaking, they don’t call it temporal lobe epilepsy any more. The more recent term is complex partial seizures epilepsy since it isn’t just the temporal lobe that’s involved in those type of seizures. Perhaps other parts of the brain are affected by the virus as well?

By: CopperKettle

CopperKettle — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:51:34 +0000

Very interesting! Gotta repost this one and the one on schizophrenia epidemiology in my Russian language blog..