Question

Thomas was helping his son work on the son's car when he temporarily lost the ability to speak in a normal manner and had difficulty handing his son the requested tools. This episode lasted for several minutes and then he was himself again. Thomas' son insisted that his dad see his doctor after this episode. What might be the doctor's diagnosis of Thomas' episode and what could be the cause?

Answer 1

The doctor's diagnosis of Thomas episode would be temporal speech loss which is common with most people (even though the percetage of occurance is small).

This temporal speech loss could have been caused by stress or an underlying medical condition which Thomas suffers from.

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