Joined: 12 Apr 2007 Posts: 1 Location: Durham, England
Does My Toddler Have Epilepsy? Posted: 04-12-07 09:39am
My son is 20 months old and I have noticed
that he has episodes were he stands stiff,
his eyes flick back and he shudders his
arms and grits his teeth, this only lasts
a second or two and he stays on his feet.
My mams friend who has a child with
epilepsy saw this for the first time and
says she thinks it is absenses. He had a
troubled birth and a ventouse delivery,
then had low blood sugar so was in special
care as a baby. There is no family history
of epilepsy and I am worried about the
absenses developing into something worse,
can a doctor diagnose this without seeing
it?? Any help please!
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Akkette
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Apr 2007 Posts: 50 Location: Australia
Posted: 04-16-07 07:52am
Seizures are not always cause by epilepsy.
They can occur for many reasons but i
would definately go and see the Dr. Not to
sure if what they can do but im sure there
would be something.
