What causes headache, tiredness and stomach pain inspite of having epilepsy?
Patient: epilpsy my daughter has been diagnosed wit epilepcy she is 9 yrs old. she seems to be realy tierd and she has a lot of headaces n some times she looks real sick n her stomach hurts n she feels nausues n dosent wanna eat. she gets dizzy n has a fever some times she been to the dr n they gave her antibiotics n these same symptoms keep coming back. she is on her medication for epilepcy. Doctor: HiI completely understand your concern.At the outset I would like to know about the medicines your daughter is taking,since how long and have the drugs been stepped up or down.Anyway it's common for children on anti epileptic drugs to get such symptoms. It's mainly due to lack of adequate sleep as children on and need minimum 8 to 10 hours of peaceful sleep, the lack of which not only causes such symptoms but also can trigger a seizure. The stomach pain can also be a part of her condition because there is also an entity called abdominal epilepsy which can have the same symptoms. An ultrasound scan of the abdomen might be useful to rule out any other pathology. Please consult your doctor again and clarify regarding these. If you have further questions I would be glad to answer. Dr.V.S.Sri Vidhya Chennai