It could be a brain tumor

[Mend]

acute episodes when a person loses speech can indicate a brain tumor. Hope it is not that.

[Rex]

1. Could be anything.

We shall see, but I don't think it was a heart attack.

[TahitiNut]

4. Well, I don't know about that. I seriously doubt it's leprosy, for example.

:dunce:

[Rex]

9. I dunno I heard there was a leprosy outbreak...

Okay maybe not, good call. :evilgrin:

[Karenca]

2. IT COULD BE AN ACUTE DROP IN BLOOD SUGAR TOO. NT

[JuniperLea]

3. That was my first thought

My grandmother had diabetes and she would stammer and nearly faint when her blood sugar dropped.

[Karenca]

7. My best friend's daughter

gets those symptoms too.

[TahitiNut]

6. Perhaps a petit mal seizure?

It's fun playing Dr. Frist. :silly:

[durrrty libby]

5. And if he were a diabetic, it could be low blood sugar

Quick...call in Frist...he'll make the diagnosis


:spank:

[ewoden]

13. Doesn't he need video to make a diagnosis?

[dflprincess]

16. He wouldn't have to be diabetic for that

though it's more common for it to happen to diabetics.

[Ilsa]

8. Maybe aneurysm, not a stroke?

Generally similar symptoms. He may require some major surgery that is followed by alot of rehabilitation, including speech, occupational, and physical therapy, depending on the location of the affected vessel and how it is managed.

[Mend]

11. it sounds like an astrocytoma in the parietal lobe to me...

I hope I am so wrong.

[Redstone]

10. Maybe he listened to a bush press conference. That always leaves ME speechless.

Redstone

[BuyingThyme]

12. Is this a joke taken from KINDERGARTEN COP?

[StClone]

15. IT"S NOT A TOOMA!

But if it is a non-malignant calcareous mass tumor it could be removed in a long operation with high success rate.

[benddem]

14. I'd bet on

Transient Ischemic Accident TIA (small clot, symptoms subside quickly) or low blood sugar. Because he responded so quickly my bet is on TIA...