Child Health Condition, Epicrisis
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Introduction
The purpose of this page is to give a brief description of my sons health condition, summarize events and link all documents and media available.
Name | Sex | Height | Weight | Age | Current Condition |
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Eric Nitra | M | 122cm | 24kg | 7 (16.01.20217) | Suspected Autoimmune deficiency. Hospitalized. |
Child’s Health Overview
He is currently having spasms in the torso and left hand which don’t let him sleep. He can’t walk and can’t control his left hand. He cannot sit straight. Must be supported. Current suspicion is Atypical Autoimmune Encephalitis, but cannot be confirmed.
Chronological summary of major health events
Date | Symptoms | Paraclinic | Treatment | Documents and Media |
27/02/2024-ongoing Alexandru Obregia Psychiatry and Neurological Hospital. | Focal Crisis on the evening of 27/02/2024. He is responsive during most of the crisis, expect at peak in the hospital where he has foam around his mouth specific jerky movements; 29/02/2024 1430 another focal seizure. He complains about headaches, blurry vision, tremors, twitching fingers and hands. Is very unstable when walking. | 01/03/2024 - MRI reveals brain inflammation. Blood samples are normal. No antibodies found. Doctors suspect Autoimmune encephalitis. | 27/02/2024 Diazepam, Solu-Medrol, Levetiracetam; 29/02/2024 Medication does not improve condition. Changed to Phenytoin and Solu-Medrol. 01/03.2024 Immunoglobulin, Levetiracetam, fen.., Solu-Medrol 02/03/2025 Immunoglobulin, Levetiracetam, Phenytoin, Solu-Medrol; 03/03/2024 Solu-Medrol, Immunoglobulin, Phenytoin, Levetiracetam, Diazepam. He was having almost no jerking during sleep. He was waken up for Phenytoin and was much worse afterwards. Started having hallucinations. 04/03/2024 3AM He had a start of a crisis at 3AM. Was stopped with Lorezepam. |
 Increased spams at 03/03/2024 3AM  After phenytoin
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22/02/2024-27/02/2024 Children's Hospital in Brasov | Acute Therapy | He has another episode of focal seizure. Is being hospitalized. Diagnosis: |
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21/02/2024 Allergy Test | We have been to an Allergy doctor to get him checked. Prick test and other clinical tests did not reveal any allergies. Further tests must be done. |
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03/02/2023-09/02/2023 Alexandru Obregia Psychiatry and Neurological Hospital. | Focal Crisis on 3rd of February. Estimated duration between 5 and 20 minutes. 1 febrile croset. Otherwise afebrile, in good general condition, does not repeat seizures. Fleeting erythema in emotional context. | 03/02/24 Cerebral MRI. EEG wake and sleep. 07/02/24 hlg with leukocytes within normal limits, no anemia, platelets within normal limits, peripheral blood smear within normal limits, no hepatocytosis, no nitrogen retention, ionogram within normal limits, mildly elevated cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol, biological inflammatory syndrome anbsent. | Dexamethasone intravenous Ibuprofen Paracetamol |
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22/12/2023-03/01/2024 Grigore Alexandrescu Children's Hospital | ICU | Generalized macular lesions. |
| Azithromycin 5 days. HFNC 20-25 L/min |
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