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allergies and seizures
Fri, 06/29/2007 - 12:49Topic: Parents & Caregivers
I was wondering if anyone else has noticed a link between their child's seizure activity and allergy season. We went quading along the alphalpha feilds the other day and my son's eyes totally swelled up into jelly balls. He was so tired out and stuffed up. He had a seizure the next morning. Does anyone think that allergic reactions can lower the seizure threshold? It seems plausible to me as their system would be weakened? --mamajess
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Re: allergies and seizures
Submitted by itsmyeviltwin on Fri, 2007-06-29 - 14:11
I had my first grand mal seizure during my worst allergy season ever in which I wheezed for the first time...and my neurologist says this is not surprising. so your observation is right on and I'd get your son to an allergist for evaluation.
allergic responses are just another trigger the epilepsy and our bodies respond to (stress). My seizures have slowed as I've managed my allergies.
Best wishes!
Re: Re: allergies and seizures
Submitted by mamajess on Fri, 2007-06-29 - 19:57
I've heard that there are ways to de-sensitize a person to certain allergens? Do you know how this is done? We live in the country in the middle of a huge hay feild and he is allergic! nice... :( Did you ever hear of your allergy medication interfering with your aed's? There have been a few times that i'm pretty sure that his allergies were the trigger for the seizures. A lot of times it's hard to tell though. If there are ways to eliminate certain triggers though that would be a helpful tool... especially if we can do it without adding another drug to his regimen! :) --mamajess
Could you please update us on
Submitted by eljur on Sun, 2019-07-21 - 02:53
Could you please update us on the progress?