Greetings, my son is 6 months. He
recently has been diagnosed with having
seizures. My husband and I noticed about
a week ago that his body got limp all of a
sudden and turned blue in the face. We
performed cpr and about a minute later he
came to. He didn't respond until after
some time. He had a glazed look in his
eyes. Well he had the same thing happen
two more times within one week. They
became more intense...His tongue was
pushed to the front of his mouth and his
mouth was harder to open to breathe into
for air. We took him to the hospital and
they hooked up an eeg and he had two more
episodes. The doctor say the irregular
brain activity and said that it is
happening on the right side of his brain.
We were perscribed trileptal.
I am trying to learn more about these
episodes and wondering if other things
like diet can be altered so as not to have
to take the medication. Thank you
peace
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Joined: 28 Jan 2006 Posts: 24 Location: Friendswood, TX
Posted: 06-06-06 11:57am
Hi mpenzi.
A limp body and no breathing often follows
a tonic-clonic (or grand mal) seizure.
The turning blue is from lack of oxygen.
Usually, a person will begin breathing
again after a few seconds (~10 in my
wife's case) but it is always a scary
period.
There are a few diets that kids and adults
can try (ketogenic, modified atkins, low
glycemic, etc.), but I don't know how
applicable (or safe) they might be for a 6
month old.
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