|
|
UPDATED: Sun, 11/11/2007 - 3:50pm
Advertisement
Place Your Advertisement Here
All ad revenues support the mission
of the Epilepsy Therapy Project
Place Your Advertisement Here
All ad revenues support the mission
of the Epilepsy Therapy Project
About Newborns & Infants
A new child is a bundle of anticipation and expectations. Any illness that the child may have, including seizures, seems terrible to the parents and family. The stigma that some people still associate with seizures and epilepsy creates unique challenges. Seizures in a newborn usually subside quickly but may recur as epilepsy in later childhood or even in adulthood. The greatest challenge for the parents of a newborn with seizures is fear of the unknown. If the cause of the seizures is understood, the doctor will be better able to make predictions about the baby's development than if the cause is unknown. Even if no cause can be found, however, and all diagnostic tests are normal, there is an excellent chance that the baby will develop normally.
Topic Editor:James W. Wheless, M.D.
Last Reviewed:10/5/06
Welcome to the Wiki. This space is created for epilepsy.com members to share their own experiences and expertise to help refine and expand the discussion around important topics.
No members have yet contributed to this topic. If you are not yet an epilepsy.com member, register today to get started on this Wiki topic and the many other advantages of being a member. If you are a member and wish to be the first to edit this Wiki topic, please make sure to login, then click on the orange "Start Wiki" button at the top of this page. Or, learn more about Wikis.
Information For Families
Did you know?
Children with epilepsy have a higher rate of learning disorders than the general public. However, most children with epilepsy don't have learning problems.
More FAQs
Take Control of your seizures by starting My Epilepsy Diary today.
Keeping a daily record of your seizures can help you and your doctor better understand and treat your epilepsy.
Featured Video
My Epilepsy Diary Promotional Video
- Epilepsy - Out of the Shadows
- Seizures From Strokes
- Seizures From Head Trauma
- Diagnόstico: Epilepsia ... y ahora, ¿qué?
- You Can Do This! Alcohol and Seizures
- Childhood Epilepsy: What You Need to Know
- Understanding Epilepsy (Epilepsy.com #1)
- Seizures in Older Adults (Spanish version)
- Seizures in Older Adults
- Safety and seizures in childhood: The human side
- Medications for Neonatal Seizures and Infantile Spasms
- Just What Are Treatment Goals for People Living with Epilepsy?
- Exploring the Relationship between Insomnia and AEDs
- USA Olympic Women's Hockey Player's Life Changing Moment
- Professionals in Epilepsy Care Symposium:Controversies and Challenges of EEG Monitoring
- Not Faster than a Speeding Bullet, but More Powerful than a Locomotive, this Man of Steel is an Inspiration for Everyone
- This is Your Brain on Drugs: The Effects, Reactions and Risks of Taking Antiepileptic Medication
- Shedding Light on Photosensitivity, One of Epilepsy's Most Complex Conditions
- Shedding Light on Photosensitivity, One of Epilepsy's Most Complex Conditions
- Shedding Light on Photosensitivity, One of Epilepsy's Most Complex Conditions
- Read and React: Implantable Devices Could Stop Seizures in Their Tracks
- A 2-Mile Swim, a 112-Mile Bike Ride, and a Marathon are No Match for this Triathlete with Epilepsy
- Study Confirms Link Between Seizure Frequency and Menstruation in Some Women
| Title | Posted | |
|---|---|---|
| Faked seizures | Oct 3, 2009 | |
| dfarrell | ||
| I Have Epilepsy and I Hate My Life... | Aug 17, 2009 | |
| 1nevermore | ||
| terrified to get pregnant | Sep 19, 2009 | |
| linzysmith323 | ||
| Food-Triggered Siezures | Sep 25, 2009 | |
| uberzwitter | ||
| The Reasons not to consume alcohol or smoke marijuana if you have epilepsy | Jul 30, 2009 | |
| LaurenG1211 | ||
| Can exercise induce seizures? | Sep 11, 2009 | |
| MichaelK | ||
| Do seizures change characteristics over time? | Jul 25, 2009 | |
| Amazon | ||
| Epilepsy triggers? | Aug 9, 2009 | |
| Black.Pearl | ||
| Can your body build up a resistance to a medication? | Sep 12, 2009 | |
| KellyS | ||
| Normal EEG but continuing seizures | Aug 13, 2009 | |
| Amazon | ||
| View all Forums | ||
| Title | Posted | |
|---|---|---|
| Ecstatic Seizures | Mar 18, 2010 | |
| victoria.w | ||
| ALTERNATIVE CURE FOR EPILEPSY. | Mar 18, 2010 | |
| callpaul | ||
| Low sperm count...anybody? | Mar 18, 2010 | |
| Anie | ||
| Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: what does it feel like? | Mar 17, 2010 | |
| rokchik1 | ||
| Disability... | Mar 17, 2010 | |
| Lexx | ||
| Topamax Dizziness Lasts All Day | Mar 17, 2010 | |
| sonjadupor | ||
| Infantile Spasms- ACTH | Mar 17, 2010 | |
| sophiesmummy | ||
| Left Temporal Lobe surgery | Mar 17, 2010 | |
| dav1dh | ||
| Keppra, Lamictal, and Mood | Mar 17, 2010 | |
| Ephraimh | ||
| vns surgery | Mar 17, 2010 | |
| bempey | ||
| View all Forums | ||
| Title | Page Views | |
|---|---|---|
| my.epilepsy.com Updates | 20,443 | |
| epi_help | ||
| topamax and weight loss | 18,976 | |
| alexia mom | ||
| kepra | 18,913 | |
| brian mattingly | ||
| Possible cure for absence seizures | 15,852 | |
| pdl1 | ||
| Epilepsy and marijuana | 15,645 | |
| cjad234 | ||
| Sexual Side Effects | 13,151 | |
| George R | ||
| How exactly do aura's feel | 13,057 | |
| WendyBendy | ||
| MEDICAL ALERT I.D.'s | 11,465 | |
| picnupthepcs | ||
| Over 40 Different Types Of Seizures - Revised | 10,091 | |
| spiz | ||
| electrical shock in head? | 9,477 | |
| Maggie | ||
| View all Forums | ||
| Title | Posted | |
|---|---|---|
| BEEN A LONG.........PROBABLY A LONG PURGING BLOG COMING........I'M BEING FOLLOWED BY A MOONSHADOW.... | Aug 8, 2009 | |
| ROCKNROLL | ||
| AS THE DRUG COMPANY TURNS - THE SOAP OPERA | Aug 1, 2009 | |
| banffgirl | ||
| Changing seizures..very scary | Jul 29, 2009 | |
| r_mommy2 | ||
| Quitting medication after brain operation | Aug 7, 2009 | |
| karl34 | ||
| My friend... | Jul 31, 2009 | |
| Crystal11 | ||
| A true friend | Aug 19, 2009 | |
| MichaelK | ||
| Im new and could use as much advice as possible!!! | Oct 1, 2009 | |
| brookehaye | ||
| what is family | Aug 13, 2009 | |
| davita | ||
| Student Life and Epilepsy | Aug 4, 2009 | |
| How enlightening | Jul 29, 2009 | |
| megfrito | ||
| View all Blogs | ||
| Title | Posted | |
|---|---|---|
| Specimen for Study Part II - Stupidity of Doctors | Mar 17, 2010 | |
| MichaelK | ||
| Support Groups/Naples | Mar 17, 2010 | |
| pibbs84 | ||
| Doctors and diets | Mar 17, 2010 | |
| Christine86 | ||
| Jillian's Progress | Mar 17, 2010 | |
| jillsmom | ||
| Coughing up a Lung | Mar 17, 2010 | |
| kjeldoran_king | ||
| Seizures and medical marijuana | Mar 17, 2010 | |
| seizureprone134 | ||
| Single Mom Recently Diagnosed With Temporal Lobe Epileptic Seizures | Mar 17, 2010 | |
| ambdab01 | ||
| spiderman | Mar 17, 2010 | |
| DaniellaMT | ||
| gerbera daisies | Mar 17, 2010 | |
| DaniellaMT | ||
| I need an answer. | Mar 16, 2010 | |
| Lisakelli1 | ||
| View all Blogs | ||
| Title | Page Views | |
|---|---|---|
| Inspirational Quote - My Own Personal Inner Thoughts | 8,008 | |
| Butterflygrl | ||
| my partial complex seizures | 3,878 | |
| Zanna1211 | ||
| Topomax... The Dreaded......... | 3,662 | |
| Dr Jason | ||
| Brain Zaps, tics & twitches | 3,475 | |
| JudiS | ||
| side effects of phenobarb. | 3,074 | |
| pksmom | ||
| Feeling Sick | 2,934 | |
| JBJ1984 | ||
| How can you tell if a sleep seizure happens? | 2,914 | |
| epl_controller | ||
| Tegretol XR and ANXIETY meds | 2,819 | |
| Butterflygrl | ||
| TYLENOL, AEDs & SEIZURES | 2,754 | |
| cmscribbles | ||
| Nonepileptic "Events" vs. "Seizures" | 2,603 | |
| teft | ||
| View all Blogs | ||
| Title | Posted | |
|---|---|---|
| Epilepsy and Movies | Sep 10, 2009 | |
| wendyspazzez | ||
| View all Groups | ||
| Title | Posted | |
|---|---|---|
| Absence Seizures in Kids | Mar 17, 2010 | |
| zmommy | ||
| Baytown Texas Epilepsy Support Group | Mar 16, 2010 | |
| cmender1984 | ||
| Mothers With Epilepsy | Mar 16, 2010 | |
| cmender1984 | ||
| Seizures: First Diagnosis Infantile Spasms, Second Diagnosis: Atonic Drop Seizures | Mar 11, 2010 | |
| trey2007 | ||
| DestinyMaker | Mar 10, 2010 | |
| destinymaker | ||
| you are not alone my friend. | Mar 1, 2010 | |
| donnia | ||
| Panayiotopoulos Syndrome | Mar 1, 2010 | |
| valentina | ||
| i have Epilepsy and A career... looking to talk to others of te same | Feb 25, 2010 | |
| krayb450 | ||
| College Students Living and Learning with Epilepsy | Feb 22, 2010 | |
| risingagain13 | ||
| Just Been Diagnosed Of Having Epilepsy? | Feb 19, 2010 | |
| norrmbeam | ||
| View all Groups | ||
| Title | Posted | |
|---|---|---|
| giving humans another try ;) | Oct 27, 2009 | |
| bookworm03 | ||
| growning up | Oct 21, 2009 | |
| geenie | ||
| Journey of Epilepsy | Aug 6, 2009 | |
| Jensey84 | ||
| Epilepsy and my daughter | Aug 12, 2009 | |
| dmeitzen | ||
| Fighting the fight to stop the seizures | Aug 27, 2009 | |
| lahull2000 | ||
| Isolated Seizures, Don't feel the need for Meds... | Aug 31, 2009 | |
| luli18 | ||
| My Life With Epilepsy | Sep 4, 2009 | |
| DUMFY | ||
| My seizures | Oct 8, 2009 | |
| ladybugg31186 | ||
| My Story | Oct 14, 2009 | |
| CN | ||
| Epilepsy Impacts Entire Family | Oct 20, 2009 | |
| BlueKentuckyGirl | ||
| View all Stories | ||
| Title | Posted | |
|---|---|---|
| Combo gift packs | Mar 18, 2010 | |
| bobo0 | ||
| Never Grew Out of It! | Mar 17, 2010 | |
| fhsu_recruiter | ||
| Sophies Story- Infantile Spasms | Mar 17, 2010 | |
| sophiesmummy | ||
| MIGUEL'S STORY | Mar 15, 2010 | |
| miguelitos mom | ||
| Not again | Mar 15, 2010 | |
| megan.flore | ||
| Given epilepsy for a reason | Mar 15, 2010 | |
| sissy_girl | ||
| My Story | Mar 14, 2010 | |
| ouize | ||
| miss | Mar 12, 2010 | |
| farakh | ||
| Zoey's Story | Mar 12, 2010 | |
| rina23x | ||
| Never thought at my age! | Mar 12, 2010 | |
| jackie2010 | ||
| View all Stories | ||
| Title | Page Views | |
|---|---|---|
| Jessica Roiz | 2,298 | |
| kroiz | ||
| (TLE) seizures, insurance company denies me for health care due to epilepsy | 891 | |
| wenko | ||
| my story | 473 | |
| snoby | ||
| Always Have On Clean Underwear | 449 | |
| crashllama | ||
| Kelly's Life With Epilepsy | 426 | |
| kjcanada1979 | ||
| my brain has died a thousand deaths........... | 406 | |
| banffgirl | ||
| What My Seizures Are Like...... | 382 | |
| javaman | ||
| Temporal Lobe Epilepsy | 353 | |
| Nocturnal grand mal seizures (primary generalized epilepsy) | 343 | |
| karalyeva | ||
| Life......... | 337 | |
| dizzygal | ||
| View all Stories | ||
Advertisement
Place Your Advertisement Here
All ad revenues support the mission
of the Epilepsy Therapy Project
Place Your Advertisement Here
All ad revenues support the mission
of the Epilepsy Therapy Project
Epilepsy.com Shortcuts:
- Community:
- My.epilepsy.com Community
- Community Forum
- Groups
- Blogs
- Chat Room
- People Stories
- Resource Specialist
- Community Calendar
- Find People Like Me
- Make a Donation
- About Epilepsy & Seizures:
- All About Epilepsy & Seizures
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Seizure Preparedness
- Living with Epilepsy
- Dietary Therapies
- Surgery
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation
- Resources:
- Seizure First Aid
- Seizure Medicines
- Animation of a Seizure
- Find a Doctor
- Clinical Trials
- My Epilepsy Diary
- Glossary
- News & Events:
- Event Calendar
- Newsletter
- Multimedia Center
- Feature Articles
- Research Articles
- Epilepsy News
- Information For:
- Kids
- Teens
- Women
- Families & Caregivers
- Seniors
- Make a Donation
- Epilepsy Therapy Project
- Epilepsy.com Professionals
- My.epilepsy.com Community
- Who is epilepsy.com?
- Contact Us
- Sitemap
©
2010 Epilepsy.com. All rights reserved.