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Seizure? Or something else? or Nothing?I was wondering if you guys could weigh in on this for me. We have never had any issues with seizures or anything before.I was driving home with my son after OT yesterday - he had a great session, engaged, etc. He goes to an NT preschool and they had a gift exchange/ xmas party, etc. So big day. Anyway, driving home, I turned around and he was asleep. Unusual for him - not unprecedented, but still. Bring him in and he kinda wakes up groggy. He had been eating a lollipop OT had given him very messily, and the sticky stuff was all over his face. Acting odd - but just woke up. My wife asks why he is only talking with one side of his face. Is it the stickiness from lollipop? Wash it off, but the side of his mouth still seems sorta off. It would be only very very slight, but now I am analyzing his face, and he seems to be slightly more animated on one side around his mouth. But then again, I never "analyzed" this - so I can't say I REALLY remember what his mouth pattern was like before. No other changes seem to be there. Am I just unnecessarily freaking out? Anything I should look for? Any other signs? I just have read that ~40% of spectrum kids have some sort of seizures. I would MOST definitely see a neurologist about this...could be stroke, seizure or beginnings of...not trying to stress you, but in this case I would rather rule it out than wonder about it until it gets worse ...or better. My son is one of the ones that has epilepsy - partial complex seizures was the official dx...he is now on 2 kinds of anti-convulsants b/c they were breaking thru but looking like a dystonic reaction. They are gone now...but I can tell you from experience and sympathize - it is scary feeling like you don't know anything and there's nothing you can do to help. I know that feeling REALLY well...the dr's kept telling me that I was crazy there was nothing wrong...finally found a dr in Jax, FL that was like - YES! He is ! This is what we're going to do...made my life do a 180. Even if it is nothing...I know for me...I would HAVE to know that it was just that - nothing. Another possibility is a palsy, but I second that you should see a doctor if you are concerned. Bell's Palsy is pretty common -- and causes facial assymmetry like that. But, get to a neurologist! With any symptoms that you just described, I would have him evaluated asap, as to rule out any sort of palsy or, even more scary, a stroke of any sort. Small strokes are possible and, many times are not even noticed. Although it is highly rare at his age, the paralyzing of one side of his face would definitely constitute a high-priority visit to your doc, as well as a scan of his brain to ensure all is fine. There are many different types of seizures. Some even mimic a person excited (laughing), when it is actually a seizure. Some look like the person is just "spacing out". The more obvious, of course is the one that we all see on tv shows, where the body compulses and the head tilts back during the seizure. My day service job that I worked at had mostly seizure disorder clients. I had to learn about each one and how to tell when one was happening. Some are hard to define unless you are really watching. I had 14 clients, and 10 had these disorders, but showed completely different signs in each. Personally, I would get right into the doc, explain what happened and have a scan done right away. I don't want to scare you but, it really is for the best in the event it is something that is in need of addressing right away. If the doc, after hearing what happened cant get you right in, I would go over to the ER--and have him checked out. Please, please keep us updated on this, okay? Thanks everyone for your input.Would there have been other signs that I would have observed? Has anyone had anything like this happen to them as a side effect of their kids seizures? It totally could have been a tired kid with sticky sugar stuff on his face and not moving it as much because that side of his face felt weird and then me overanalyzing - overanalyzing has sort of become a bad habit with me and my son. :( Oh, also, would a neurologist be able to tell me definitively if a seizure had occurred? Again, I wouldnt wait, but that is because of all the docs telling me, for years that it was my nervousness and not to worry (with Sean, and then sending me home with Colin, having cleft and telling me it would "close up on it's own"..um, no). If a pedi doesnt want to test for it without checking further, I would go to an er and have them do a scan. There is always a neuro on call and, during the day, the pedi neuros are always around. If you have a children's hospital, I would go there. That's me, though. I have become paranoid after all the things I have gone through with my kids. (sometimes, the paranoia isnt really paranoia). I wouldnt go into a panic, expecting it be the worst...just have it checked out, asap without hesitation. It could just be bell's palsy but, none of us can really tell you--only a neuro can rule everything in or out. [QUOTE=furrowed]Would there have been other signs that I would have observed? Has anyone had anything like this happen to them as a side effect of their kids seizures? It totally could have been a tired kid with sticky sugar stuff on his face and not moving it as much because that side of his face felt weird and then me overanalyzing - overanalyzing has sort of become a bad habit with me and my son. :( [/QUOTE] Payne often acts VERY tired and sluggish afterwards as does dh. ETA - with mine - I was VERY tired, but starved! Mine were related to blood sugar as was dh...Payne's are not. If he is verbal - you might be able to ask if it happens often, does it hurt, what does it feel like before it happens, does he know its going to happen?? I know mine - I have an aura before...taught DH to look out for it as well. Payne's do not. And no...in our case - Payne's seizures are "very hard to diagnose since they don't show up on an EEG and even harder to treat usually." Majority (it seems) are pretty forth coming on an EEG...I had him do 5 EEG's in a month...nothing. Two dr's SAW them and were convinced it was until the EEG and then the neurologist ruled other things out...tried a newer anti-convulsant in addition to the other...gone.  How scary! I would think more of a stroke but also seizure. Def take him to his neuro and check it out. Not his general doc who were always shrugging off my sons seizure activity. My sons never had any paralysis besides during the actual seizure when he was on the floor but afterwards he will be extremely tired and confused and flushed and will sleep a long time. He also wont do much of any talking till later. My sons never had a seizure recording on his eeg and his mri was normal but he still got the dx and is on meds for seizures which has stopped them for almost a year now! THe only way to know for sure it was a siezure is if ur son had a seizure while he was hooked up to the eeg and it was recorded. Usually if ur child has an eeg soon after having a seizure it will still show seizure activity so id take him in asap. I hope everything turns out ok and keep us updated! We just went through a similar seizure scare with my 4 year old. He spaced out twice in school and his responses did not make sense. Our pediatrician had us do an EEG to see if anything was happening in terms of seizures. The EEG did not register a problem, at least not enough to do a MRI, and we are still monitoring for unsual "spacing out" but I am glad that we followed through. With something like a seizure, I think it is best to rule it out. If seizures are occuring, there is medicine available and in general, it would be something to watch for...Pretty scarey none-the-less...(not that the EEG was fun) Laura I was seizure free 20 years now I have Partial where is in the past Absence. Strange as well. |
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