Mycoclonic Encephalopathy/Seizures
Child with myoclonic encephalopathy. International
Chiropractic Pediatric Association Newsletter. May 1990.
This
is the case of a 2½ year old boy diagnosed with
myoclonic encephalopathy (unable to control body movements).
Child was normal until a tuberculin test and within a two
week period symptoms prevailed. After four adjustments to
the C1-T9 and L3 areas, the uncontrollable body movements
improved about 80%.
Documented chiropractic results on a case
diagnosed as myoclonic seizures. Duff BA Chiropractic: The
Journal of Chiropractic Research and Clinical Investigation,
1992; 8: 56-57.
Mycoclonic seizures are sudden, severe contractions
of all or part of a muscle or group of muscles.
This is the
case of a thirty-year-old female who would awaken in the middle
of the night with migraine, slurred speech, vomiting, pain
behind the right eye, difficulty with visual focusing, and
dots and lines in her field of vision. She was also having
mild seizures. She suffered several months.
The myoclonic seizures
responded immediately to an adjustment of atlas subluxation
complex. A fall nearly one week later reactivated the occurrences
of seizure. A second atlas adjustment resulted in immediate
favorable results. The seizures have not returned. The case
is unique in the type of disorder, length of prior medical
evaluation and rate of recovery.
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