Hannu Ikonen, MD on Nostr: Presuming infectious causes, an anti-seizure med was started and they shotgun ...

Presuming infectious causes, an anti-seizure med was started and they shotgun debugged: started both the antiviral acyclovir and the antibiotic ceftriaxone in case of HSV or E. Coli.
Did not really improve but was discharge. Would "wake up with the mental capacity of a toddler" but had new behavioral symptoms: impulsively irritable, poor balance, right-sided weakness

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MRI requested: showed left temporal, bilateral insular cortical hyperintensity.