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Found: Epilepsy Mouth Guards
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Re: Found: Epilepsy Mouth Guards
Submitted by Spike. on Sun, 2010-04-11 - 11:17
No one . . . I repeat . . . NO ONE needs anything placed or "crammed" inside their mouth during a seizure. Think about this. If someone has a mouth guard inside their mouth, laying on their side, has a seizure while sleeping, then that “mouth guard” is going to be like a dam. The build-up of saliva and blood (if the tongue or inner cheek has been cut) may be “obstructed by the mouth guard”. This may result into the person “drowning by inhaling what was confined inside their mouth". Even when a person has a seizure while sleeping on their back; if someone else helps the person by turning them onto their side, it will be more difficult and take longer for what may have accumulated to drain out because the mouth guard is going to be like a dam. If someone is choking on anything accidentally inhaled or lodged inside their throat, would you want a “mouth guard” obstructing the release of what the person is choking on? What part of “Do not put anything in the person's mouth” do people not understand?
No one . . . I repeat . . . NO ONE needs anything placed or "crammed" inside their mouth during a seizure. Think about this. If someone has a mouth guard inside their mouth, laying on their side, has a seizure while sleeping, then that “mouth guard” is going to be like a dam. The build-up of saliva and blood (if the tongue or inner cheek has been cut) may be “obstructed by the mouth guard”. This may result into the person “drowning by inhaling what was confined inside their mouth". Even when a person has a seizure while sleeping on their back; if someone else helps the person by turning them onto their side, it will be more difficult and take longer for what may have accumulated to drain out because the mouth guard is going to be like a dam. If someone is choking on anything accidentally inhaled or lodged inside their throat, would you want a “mouth guard” obstructing the release of what the person is choking on? What part of “Do not put anything in the person's mouth” do people not understand?
Re: Found: Epilepsy Mouth Guards
Submitted by tonialpha on Sat, 2010-04-10 - 17:05
My Epileptologist suggested a mouth guard for my mouth.
It is partially covered by some dental plans. My dentist told me that an attachment could be placed so I would not need a cpap.
I had a sleep apnea test to verify if I still needed it and now I do not need an attachment. In the long run it is great! You have less to take with you when you travel.
Mouth guard at night is great if you have seizures when you sleep!
You can purchase it in the store. I kept finding the wrong size. Either in size or comfort.
The one made for me is great!
My Epileptologist suggested a mouth guard for my mouth.
It is partially covered by some dental plans. My dentist told me that an attachment could be placed so I would not need a cpap.
I had a sleep apnea test to verify if I still needed it and now I do not need an attachment. In the long run it is great! You have less to take with you when you travel.
Mouth guard at night is great if you have seizures when you sleep!
You can purchase it in the store. I kept finding the wrong size. Either in size or comfort.
The one made for me is great!