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Absence Seizures and Sports Question
Tue, 10/20/2015 - 10:19Topic: Parents & Caregivers
Hello. My 9 year old son was diagnosed with Absence Seizures about 1.5 months ago. He's currently on medication and seems to be doing well (despite the side effects). He's very active in baseball but has been recently asking about playing football. His neurologist and I agreed that we weren't going to limit his activities but I am concerned about this one. He's a big kid, so I know he'll be put on the line in a high contact position. I do plan on asking his DR about it and discussing my concerns, but other than the normal injury concerns, are the any others I should think about with his condition?
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Hello! My daughter is 6 & a
Submitted by Anuv on Sun, 2018-05-06 - 11:41
Hello! My daughter is 6 & a Half Years old ..And she has started getting Absence Seizures from about April beginning last month...Their duration was about 5-6 seconds but use to happen so many times in a day ...Like if she is sitting with having her meal for about 15 Minutes, I notice her having staring in the space with a slight tilt in the head for 3-4 times...we are very worried...so we went to city's famous neurologists, they diagnosed her with EEG..One doctor suggested Keppra (Levetiracetam) 200 MG two times a day ...2 days she did not have a seizure at all but she remained so much irritated and from the 3rd day they all started again. In this period ..she got elergy with so many pimples in her body and her behavior changed fully...but we continued giving it to her for about a week ...After a week we went again to the doctor and he increased the dosage ...In the meantime I was all over internet reading about the side effects of keppra and all other traditional medicines, they wrote she can have problem in walking, blurred vision n so many things. I always wanted one baby and not the second one, because I thought only then I vl be able to give my baby full attention. I also read that absence seizures do not damage the brain in any case, so I thought of switching to homeopathic treatment. After taking Keppra for about 7-8 days, we stopped it and started giving her Cituta Virosa 3 times a day (recommended by a very famous doctor of our city)...Her seizures we reduced ..After taking one dose ...she only use to get seizures 3-4 times till her 2nd dose in the afternoon... As compared to unlimited times before ...Though the frequency of seizures reduced but duration of seizures was increased ...from about 5-6 seconds it increased to 10-12 seconds which was noticeable. On the internet, suggested medicine for Absence seizures was Artemisia Vulgaris, I asked the doctor about this...he immediately put her on that when I suggested ...after taking artemisia vulgaris... For the first two days duration of the seizures also got reduces to 2-3 seconds, we were very happy with this. But after two days again ...the duration got back to 10-12 seconds....Pls suggest me what to do ...?? I want her to be seizure free ... What about the CBD oil option?? Should I give it a try of continue with Artemisia Vulgaris ...or I should add something to Artemisia Vulgaris..?? Pls suggest ...My daughter is playing gymnastics for 3 years ...and recently she has started badminton coaching too ...pls help me I I want her to play all her games without interruption ...I will be badly hurt if I have to stop her playing her games...as she Dont even know yet ..what's happening to her ...Pls suggest ...waiting ..My mobile No. is 9356060603
Ok, I just saw a post on
Submitted by kristicain12@gmail.com on Thu, 2015-10-29 - 12:43
Ok, I just saw a post on Facebook where a high school football player in my local area got hit hard, had a seizure on the sidelines, and is now in critical condition at the ICU. So there are definitely 2 sides to this issue. Yes, cheerleading is risky too but not exactly comparable to football. Like I said, your son's life, your call.