Did our 9-month old Child experience an Epileptic Seizure? Posted: 05-11-06 06:22am
I am not sure that my 9 month old baby has
epilepsy. My wife is epileptic but is free
of seizures for the last couple of years
(400 mg of carpamezipine daily).
Yesterday when we were giving our baby a
bath my wife was soaping her vagina when
suddenly she developed something like a
seizure (hiccup like sounds and general
loss of strength and a faraway look)
i am not sure whether this is actually
epileptic, but this has got us very very
worried.
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Epilepsy Answer A986 Posted: 05-26-06 06:37am
It is hard to say if the baby experienced
an epileptic seizure, or not. You can
bring your child to a pediatric physician
for an EEG-examination. Idiopathic
epilepsy is genetically conditioned, so it
is possible for your child to inherit
epilepsy from her mother.
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