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Brain Atrophy……MRI no longer normal on 15 year old boy…. need help please!

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  • November 14, 2012 at 4:33 pm #348
    Debbi
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    I have read “The Driscoll THeory: The role of external communicating hydrocephalus, mast cell disease and CCSVI as the cause of POTS in EDS…
    My son’s story is so long…the last 3 years has been a nightmare. We have figured out so much and I am so thankful for Dr. Diana…..
    He has MCAD/POTS/and has had seizures for almost 10 years. Seizures became controlled with the histamine blockers for MCAD. He is now on almost of the histamine blockers and mast cell stabilizers (allegra, pepcid, atarax, dye free benedryl, singulair, ketotifen, and neuro protek) With every single medicine we have added the POTS symptoms has gotten better.

    His thyroid -TSH level was undetectable until we just had it checked and it is fine now. This I believe is the addition of adding Ketotifen and neuro protek (low pheno) because it helped with brain inflammation. Question: He now has a abnormal MRI—brain atrophy and this was talked about in the study. With diamox….did this get better… the brain atrophy (organic brain disease? Also if I can talk them into diamox (he is getting admitted tomorrow) do you have to go off florinef?? He takes milodrine…florinef…and ddvap at night… I just have to know what he needs to go off of if he goes on diamox…. He gets admitted to tomorrow at 11 am…

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