A woman with gradual left-sided hearing loss and balance issues for months was eventually diagnosed after an MRI revealed a vestibular schwannoma near a brain nerve. The case, shared by Dr Sudhir Kumar, pointed to warning signs that can seem minor at first, like persistent tinnitus and subtle imbalance, stressing the need to evaluate ongoing one-sided symptoms.
A Hyderabad neurologist described a troubling case of a three-year-old who laughed frequently for a year, leading parents to believe he was simply happy. MRI later uncovered hypothalamic hamartoma, a rare condition that triggers gelastic seizures often mistaken for joy. Doctors now urge caregivers to get medical evaluation for repeated, unprovoked laughter to enable early diagnosis and care.
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