There are many tools a physician can use to diagnose a patient with epilepsy. With all these options, you would think it would be easy to find the answers they are looking for. Let me fill you in on a little secret about diagnostic testing. Testing is often used to rule out a specific diagnosis.…
Hope for Hypothalamic Hamartomas (Hope For HH) is happy to announce the new HH Program Coordinator for PCH – Diana La Rocque RN, BSN, CPN Ms. Diana LaRocque is the neurology nurse program coordinator for Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children’s Hospital. She specializes in coordinating patient care across the healthcare continuum for patients with…
Gelastic seizures have been shown to begin in the HH lesion and removing (or otherwise damaging or ablating) the HH can cure seizures. Until recently, HH with epilepsy was considered not treatable, since surgery on the hypothalamus was considered too dangerous. However, several surgical options have been developed that have proven to be quite effective…
The importance of a good team can never be underestimated, especially when it comes to choosing your team of medical professionals for HH treatment. For patients that have been to either Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph’s Hospital (SJH) or Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children’s Hospital (PCH) in Phoenix, Arizona – there is an…
