tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789684384895250488.post58827337885096825..comments2023-07-20T10:50:23.114-04:00Comments on Greg's Take: Reflection on autism diagnosisMaster Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13782498101243679417noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789684384895250488.post-76463881662561924922008-07-25T15:26:00.000-04:002008-07-25T15:26:00.000-04:00Sorry, had to run and do something, left above pos...Sorry, had to run and do something, left above post incomplete. Seizure activity (which I think is seen in about 20% in kids with autism) is much more common than the general populations. EEG's are good at detecting this. EEG's are commonly done on kids on the spectrum, without they're being one true autistic signature seen. There's a lot of data generated by a brain's electrical activity, and the EEG is an observed summation of many neurons firing, not a pinpoint exact schematic of all activity. It may be that the signature exists, but we don't know how to recognize the pattern. And with both epilepsy and stroke, the location of the activity varies widely. The location may vary in whatever's going on in autism too. Scientists on the question is epilepsy just occurring in the same kids, or is the epilepsy causing the autism, or vice versa, at this point, conclusively say "I dunno".<BR/>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18047599<BR/>My daughter had a 24 hour EEG, and it was pretty miserable. They said they saw some atypical waves. Ultimately didn't drive treatment, but if they'd seen a lot of abnormalities, then the doc would have said an anti-eliptical may prevent "absent seizures", which was a possible explanation for her staring off into space and ignoring the world. A more sophisticated EEG may eventually be used to diagnose, and people who use EEG as the basis for biofeedback use it now as the template for treatment:<BR/>http://www.neurotherapycenters.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789684384895250488.post-70020065099405719062008-07-25T15:07:00.000-04:002008-07-25T15:07:00.000-04:00The analogy that I haven't seen made, but that I t...The analogy that I haven't seen made, but that I think of, is with stroke. There is a huge range of severity of effects, depending on the size location, and duration the blood flow restriction existed. The amount of recovery that's possible depends on this, as well as other instrinic features, neurological and otherwise, of the person with the stroke. And luck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com