To question this diagnosis?

[QuestionableMouse]

My dad was taken into a&e on Sat with a suspected stroke. He was altered, had a facial droop, couldn't lift his left arm and had weakness in his leg.

He had a fit in the scanner and another one shortly after.

They sedated him and he's been kept in. Spoke to the consultant today and she said they've ruled out a stroke and believe it's vertigo.

Aibu to question that? He's much improved but still isn't back to normal. He still seems quite off, like he's not quite there. Everything I've read about vertigo says nothing about fits or limb weakness!

Aibu to question it?

I would ask for a second opinion, personally, yes.

Second opinion definitely

Ask about FND functional neurological disorder

You are not being unreasonable to want to be sure, and to ask for a second opinion, but vertigo can be serious and long lasting - you are not allowed to drive for 6 months after a vertigo attack, for example, and I have a colleague who was off work for over a year with one

Ask the same question you have asked here to his consultant (eg how do they make sense of the limb weakness and what do they mean by fit). However, he’s had an appropriate scan and that has ruled out a stroke - so that is really good news.

A stroke would show on a scan, which will have been done asap after he was taken in.

Second opinion. Neurological but an ear specialist as well to rule out true vertigo officially. True vertigo is a sensation of the room spinning, nausea/vomiting, loss of balance,temperature. It's more a description of a group of symptoms that are associated with some form of irritation to the inner ear or hearing nerve. It requires full assessment by ear nose throat with possibly audiology and physio balance input.

What kind of scan was it? Maybe ask for an MRI as second opinion if was CT the first time

Seizure, not fit.

Really? That's all you have to add to this conversation? Do you want a gold star? 🙄🙄🙄

The consultant used the word fit, not seizure.

Were you there? A fit is a type of seizure and that’s the correct term for when they happen.

I believe he's had both. They took him for a CT first but he kept moving so they sedated him and did another.

He was also way off before he went in the ambulance - thought it was 1990! But knew his age (77)

No, its old fashioned terminologoy that isnt used anymore

Can you just kindly fuck off and split hairs on another thread? The consultant literally said fit today when I was talking to her. And quite frankly, I'm not fucking bothered what name they give it - I'm more concerned about my dad, the actual human who is having these things?

Bell's palsy?

PP isn’t splitting hairs, rather trying to educate people. The word ‘fit’ can be offensive to some people who suffer from epilepsy. My husband who had epilepsy isn’t bothered but in my job we deal with seizures frequently and would never call them fits.

Well that should help OP with her question then...

Did anything at all show up on the MRI OP?

Sorry I did mean to add that I would also question it. Especially if a medical professional is using that term!

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I see you’ve given the OP some great advice yourself!

My Mum suffered with vertigo and couldn't drive for over a year. For her it was the usual sensation of falling. If she was in a line of traffic and another lane was moving forward, she would feel like she was hurtling backward.

No weakness in any limbs or anything that's been described about your dad though.
It's good that they've ruled him clear of a stroke, but personally, I wouldn't settle for vertigo either.
Good luck to you both.

how is your dad now, @QuestionableMouse ?

He's not back to what he was before 100% but he's much better.

Absolutely ask for a second opinion. He may have had a T.I. (Transient Ischaemic Attack - possible prelude to a stroke.) Vertigo is not associated with seizures.