[kvannett]

I posted this on the children's health forum but got no answers. I'm looking for someone who can help interpret this EEG (it's been translated into English). It is for a 4-year old who was both awake and asleep during the eeg. I'm particularly concerned with what the lack of sleep spindles could mean.

At rest, dual-sided occipital irregular high-amplitude theta activity every 4-5/sec., which reached temporal and frontal, blinking not feasible. A clear numb area in the frontal leads.

The sleep stages according to Rechtschaffen and Kales cannot be clearly distinguished from each other; however, there are clearly no sleep spindles.

During the falling asleep phase, primarily hypnagogic theta groups are observed, thereafter sporadic sharp and spike waves with varying localization.

A bioelectrical status during sleep cannot be proven.

Conclusion:

Medium-grade general changes, no focal findings, discrete signs of increased cerebral excitability during sleep without side localization. Disturbed sleep architecture. No bioelectrical status during sleep.

Thanks for any help/advice that anyone can offer!

--Kasey

[Ellie]

Hi Kasey and welcome. That had a lot of stuff I never heard of. I'm going to have to check around and get back to ya'.

[kvannett]

Thanks Ellie! I think the bioelectrical status means there was no hypsarrithmia, which is a characteristic of my son's type of epilepsy (Infantile Spasms). So its absence is a good thing. But I really don't know what the rest of it could mean. Any info you could find would be much appreciated!

--Kasey