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Is Frequent Seizure Attack In Toddler Permanently Treatable?
I am here to discuss with you about my 16 months old nephew. The baby was born after an operation, after 3 days he went blue, according to Doctors it was because of Septicemia, also bleeding from mouth & stool. This takes place in Haldwani (Uttarakhand), than we take the baby to Bareilly and he kept there on ventilator than on oxygen and than on C-Pipe for almost 22 days. After that baby regularly gets Micronics jerks on the right hand side. Whenever he gets fever he gets seizers and the first seizer came in last September and till than 8 no. of seizers he gets till date. The baby has delayed milestone. Also the physiotherapy is going on.
I am here because no Doctor is 100% sure about the baby. Please donâ??t mind that sometimes I feel that all the Doctors are experimenting on the small baby like we Engineers do with the machine. And the solution is just mystery for us making life of the baby, hell.
From the expressions of the baby, he smiles and when scolded he start crying. But he cant sit/stand/speak till date.
I am searching for the result. And hope that someday I will able to make the life of the baby comfortable.
Hoping to hear from you the best.
Amit Sanwal
I am here because no Doctor is 100% sure about the baby. Please donâ??t mind that sometimes I feel that all the Doctors are experimenting on the small baby like we Engineers do with the machine. And the solution is just mystery for us making life of the baby, hell.
From the expressions of the baby, he smiles and when scolded he start crying. But he cant sit/stand/speak till date.
I am searching for the result. And hope that someday I will able to make the life of the baby comfortable.
Hoping to hear from you the best.
Amit Sanwal
Wed, 17 Oct 2018
Hello,
Seizure disorders in children may improve as children grow up. In some cases they may go on to lead seizure free lives.
However in some patients , in particular when there is a brain lesion they may be very difficult to control, even with permanent medication.
Now, of course, I do not know the details of the case, have seen no medical reports, no imaging or EEG tests, so it's hard to say how likely it is for your nephew to improve.
However judging from your story I am afraid that there must have been some brain damage as the fact that he is delayed in reaching milestones indicate.
Due to that period of lack of oxygen you mention (going blue) there may be some brain cells have been permanently damaged and may serve as a source of abnormal discharges seizures.
When there is such a structural lesion unfortunately seizures may persist and are difficult to control with treatment.
So it would seem unlikely for seizures to be permanently treated, although as I said before my answer should be taken with some reserve as I have no medical records at my disposal.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Olsi Taka, Neurologist
Seizure disorders in children may improve as children grow up. In some cases they may go on to lead seizure free lives.
However in some patients , in particular when there is a brain lesion they may be very difficult to control, even with permanent medication.
Now, of course, I do not know the details of the case, have seen no medical reports, no imaging or EEG tests, so it's hard to say how likely it is for your nephew to improve.
However judging from your story I am afraid that there must have been some brain damage as the fact that he is delayed in reaching milestones indicate.
Due to that period of lack of oxygen you mention (going blue) there may be some brain cells have been permanently damaged and may serve as a source of abnormal discharges seizures.
When there is such a structural lesion unfortunately seizures may persist and are difficult to control with treatment.
So it would seem unlikely for seizures to be permanently treated, although as I said before my answer should be taken with some reserve as I have no medical records at my disposal.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Olsi Taka, Neurologist
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