Seizure in pediatric

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Avatar n tn my 13 month old niiece has been having seizure like symptoms. she is awake her muscles stiffen and she rocks as if doing stomach crunches. it lasts more than 30 seconds each time and happens a number of times. afterwards she is sweating and exhausted she recently went to the hospital. 3 pediatric doctors saw her doing it and said it was a habit and nothing to worrry about.
Avatar n tn , which are patterns of unusual movements that often involve the head and neck muscles, but may involve any muscles in the body. "Oculogyric crisis", or unusual eye movements in all directions, is one type of dystonic reaction. These reactions can occasionally occur even with normal doses of the drug. The pattern of movements may sometimes be mistaken for seizures, but they are generally less repetitive and rhythmic than true seizures.
Avatar f tn t give a referral, just go around the system and get him to a neuro on your own, most preferably a pediatric neurologist, they know more about this childhood seizure or fainting type behavior than a regular neuro. I realize that smaller children do have these things happen sometimes and there's nothing wrong, but there are also those that DO have something wrong, so better safe than sorry.
Avatar f tn My 2 week old infant has been in the NICU. He has recieved 1 ct scan 2 EEGs 1 MRI. The ct scan came back normal. The first EEG showed seizure activity. The second EEG showed seizures controlled by phenobarbatol. MRI came back with "indistinctness between white-gray matter in the frontparietal regions of the brain. What does this mean?
Avatar m tn my son is 3 months old hae got first seizure attack.is this cureble..?
Avatar n tn s hand flapping accompanied by wide eyes, mouth in O formation. Sorry, this is my best way to describe. She does this usually whn excited, but I have noticed during the bath, during diaper changes. She just seems stuck for a few seconds where she flaps her hand and if sitting will stiffen her legs. Her face has a very "surprised" look. She can easily be distracted and stopped - so I am pretty sure she is not haveing any kind of seizure.
Avatar n tn From time to time I will notice him standing and seemingly be in a trance. It only lasts seconds but when you talk to him in this stage he doesn't respond. What could cause this?
Avatar f tn You really need your pediatric neurologist to evaluate your baby for the type of seizure. My newborn had seizures during his first week and is on seizure control meds (phenobarbitol) to control it. Seizures were different, however. Try not to worry, you probably need medications to control them. They might want to do an MRI and CT scan to verify any brain damage...
Avatar m tn Our youngest daughter, who will be 8 in March, had a seizure induced by a fever in early November. The seizure lasted about a minute or less and she was convulsing and lost consciousness. I was shocked and scared because she had not had a febrile seizure since shortly before her third birthday. The only other seizure she had was at 15 months, and again, was a febrile seizure.
20292254 tn?1494362008 What should I do if she is having a seizure again? I mean, what should I do if another seizure happened today or in the next few days before we go to the neurologist?
Avatar f tn Hello, I have a 3.5 month old nephew whose eyes flutter rapidly for about 5 seconds when put in a horizontal position. It doesn't happen all of the time, however it is pretty worrisome when one witnesses it. It appears to be seizure-like, however, the two different pediatric neurologists that have seen him don't think it is seizures. He already underwent a 24-hour EEG and it came back fine. Also, the MRI came back clear as well. We are all so worried.
Avatar f tn Hi All I have a 6 month old baby boy that I'm terribly worried about. A few days ago he began to rock his head back and forth as if saying yes while on his tummy. I'm not sure if I should be describing it as a rocking motion. I feel as if its more like a head jerk. He will jerk his head up and down several times. It always starts with him jerking his head back first then forward. It looks as if he is saying yes.
Avatar f tn This may be hereditary or caused by other birth related factors, physical trauma, reaction to certain drugs like neuroleptics etc. this could be an absence or petit mal seizure also. You need to check up with a pediatric neurologist for evaluation. EEG and MRI brain may also help. Take care.
Avatar n tn The doctors dont think its feveral seizures (neither do I), he doesnt have a temperature to begin with, but sometimes has a slight temperature after/during the seizure. He has had an MRI and EKG done, there is some evidence to a seizure disorder, but the doctors are not looking into the body temperature factor. When he has a seizure he doesnt sweat and just goes blank, and most recently has vomited. They only last 1-4 minutes. Please let me know if you have heard of anything like this.
Avatar f tn hi, yes levels can change. Would definitely get him in for a pediatric endocrinologist, as even 'subclinical' hypothyroid (on what basis do they say subclinical? did te test ft3, ft4, antibodies?) may affect his other issues. very close monitoring woud be required, i'd think.
Avatar n tn not gaining weight, loosing weight periodically, tired a lot, thirsty, occasional concentrated/strong urine, frequent yeast diaper rashes, shaking-after naps especially(not tremors or seizure), poor appetite. She has asthma, allergies, a small VSD and tubes in her ears due to frequent ear infections. She sleeps a lot-she goes to bed at 730pm and gets up around 10am. She also takes a 2-3 hour nap. When her blood sugar is low you can tell by her behaviour. She gets incredibly cranky, and angry.
Avatar f tn You could try posting over in the pediatric forum at this same website, could be some mothers over there will be having similar problems, and you'll get more replies. You could also do a search in that pediatric forum for "seizures," and a bunch of posts will pop up, so you could learn some stuff from those.
Avatar f tn IT would definitely be best to search out a specialist in this case. I am waiting to get in with one this month. I have never had a grand mal seizure but I have been hospitalized for numerous drop seizures. I have been tested for everything under the sun I feel like with no answers with everyone swearing it can't be the chiari. I fell that is what is causing it because as the chiari has progressed so have the seizures but I am hoping for some real answers from the specialist!
Avatar f tn my seven year old had her first seizure on in August she had a brain MRI with contrast and they said it was normal,now she is going to see a pediatric endocrinologist because her pediatrician thinks she might have precocious puberty,has anyone have any experience with something similar?I have searched on the internet and it all points to something being wrong in the brain but like I stated before her MRI was normal.
2093880 tn?1334813768 Now for the story....We went on vacation to a rural part of CA and my son started having a seizure in his carseat. We pulled over to make sure he wasn't choking and quickly realized that it was a seizure. Luckily we were near a tourist attraction and went to the gift shop to call 911....we also caught the attention of a nurse. He ended up having multiple seizures over the course of an hour and a half. Paramedics arrived after about 45 minutes and put him in the ambulance.
Avatar m tn spells but are concerned because the seizures continue for a minute or more.The usual seizure like activity associated with breath holding only last around 15 seconds and are usually not seizures.He has a very long recovery time associated with seizure episodes but his EEG, CT scan, chest xrays, blood work and EKG all came back normal. They have referred me to a specialist in pediatric neurology but his appt is not for another week.
Avatar n tn I was unaware that eyeball moevemnets can also occur in migraine as well as seizure---would be curious as to the mechanism behind them if they are migraine and not seizure related. She has had one 48 hr EEG test that did not show any abnormal activity--when you mentioned that many of these children with abdominal seizure do show activity on EEG is that when they are only having symptoms or can it also show activity when they are symptom free?
Avatar f tn My 9 month old has an MRI due to multiple instances of skill regression. He is now tube fed. There has also been an increase in seizure activity.. But whenever I type in his MRI results MS is the only thing that pops up with the same or similar wording. "There is some non specific posterior peritrigonal white matter multifocal increased T2 signal. Impression: Mild Posterior peritrigonal periventricular white matter signal. Chronic ischemic changes would be less likely.
Avatar f tn We live in a small state w/only one pediatric neurologist who says she only has migraines and is engaging in "attention seeking behavior" regarding other symptoms. After eye symptoms started- took her to opthamologists who tested her vision and found it normal and DX her with migraines w/persistent aura and megalcornias which explains blurred vision but not 2x vision or burning pains.
Avatar f tn Hello, I have a 3.5 month old nephew whose eyes flutter rapidly for about 5 seconds when put in a horizontal position. It doesn't happen all of the time, however it is pretty worrisome when one witnesses it. It appears to be seizure-like, however, the two different pediatric neurologists that have seen him don't think it is seizures. He already underwent a 24-hour EEG and it came back fine. Also, the MRI came back clear as well. We are all so worried.
Avatar m tn at times, sometimes when over excited or over tired but not always the case he does the following - all of a sudden while playing he may stand up almost on tip toes, arch back slightly , mouth usually opens and hands shake or waive at side this happens for 10-20 seconds then he goes back to whatever he was doing in an average day may happen handful of times on occasion it has happened 6-8 times in a day, when ask him if he is okay he sometimes responds "I was catching my breath" almos