2012, Number 3
Cerebral hemisphere symtoms on the left side of the body
Lazos-Constantino G
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Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT
The relation between the right cerebral hemisphere and the symptoms that occur on the left side of the body are well known. In the 7 cases presented in this article the chronic and severe symptoms were located on the chest, heart, and in the abdominal viscera. Vertigo, deafness, pain in de mastoideal and pharyngeal regions were another complains (the case No. 3 was classified as Menière syndrome). All the cases have a detailed clinical history and a follow up from Electroencefalograma y el hemisferio cerebral derecho 6 months to 6 years including periodical EEG recordings. Headache and sleep disorders were present in all of them. Abdominal pain and edema of the left mammary gland were present in 6 cases, high blood pressure and diabetes in 3 cases: vertigo, loss of hearing and. paroxysmaI attacks of tachycardia in 3 cases and epilepsy in 2 cases. From the cases presented, the improvement of the symptoms and of the EEG recordings make us wonder about how the energy of the neurons of the central nervous system play so important role on the illness of the heart and abdominal viscera, when the neurons circuits are producing energy out of the normal standards and if medication is given to correct that and disappearance. of the sickness is achieved, tlien we are beginning to understand many of the illness of the human body. Case 3 is a clear example of Menière syndrome (Prosperus Menière was a French othorhinologist that in 1861 described that syndrome that is an attack of vertigo, tinnitus and progressive deafness). Until now the pathogenesis and pathology of this syndrome rernains unknown so is the treatment. In the case No. 3 the Menière syndrome disappeared 90 % after treatrnent, but what is more important is that while the last EEG recording (march- 2011) shows important recovery of the Alfa riitm, periodic high voltage sharp waves were found in the auditory area that corresponds to the posterior part of the right temporal lobe. So we conclude that the symptoms of the Menière syndrome were due to the tonic or clorric spasms, of the tiny muscles : tensor tyrnpani, stapedium and the pharyingeutubarius (stimulated by the sharp-periodical waves). If so tiny muscles can produce great pain and disturbance in the auditory organs, another and bigger neuronal circuits discharging epileptogenic waves could produce spasms of bigger muscles (the case No. 3 suffered of rectal tenesmus) Following the same way of thoughts if the neuronal abnormal activity is intense, diffuse and paroxystical then we can witnessed the grand mal type of epilepsy.REFERENCES