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What Causes Jerking Of The Body While Sleeping?

I noticed that when my four year old was sleeping last night that she kept jerking and jumping all the threw the night it woke her up at one point and she was just starring for about 30 seconds then lay back down.. Am really worried and woundering if this could be epilepsy?
Wed, 15 Feb 2017
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Hello!

Thanks for using healthcaremagic.com

I read carefully your question and understand your concern.

I think this is a case of Epilepsy.

Epilepsy is a disorder of the brain in which clusters of nerve cells or neurons in the brain sometimes transmit signals in an abnormal form.

More than 2 million people in the United States (about 1 in 100) have experienced an unprovoked seizure or have been diagnosed with epilepsy. Seizures can be controlled with modern medicines and surgical techniques in about 80 percent of those diagnosed with epilepsy

Having a seizure does not necessarily mean that the person has epilepsy. It is only when a person has had two or more seizures that he is considered to have epilepsy.

Although epilepsy has no cure, the disease eventually disappears in some people. One study found that children with idiopathic epilepsy or epilepsy of unknown cause had a 68 to 92 percent chance of not having seizures 20 years after being diagnosed.

The odds of being free from epileptic seizures are not as good for adults or for children with severe epilepsy syndromes, but nevertheless it is possible that epileptic seizures may decline or even stop over time. This is more likely to occur if epilepsy has been well controlled with medications or if the person has had surgery to treat epilepsy.

This is something that you may talk with your doctor on the next visit

Hope it helps.

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What Causes Jerking Of The Body While Sleeping?

Hello! Thanks for using healthcaremagic.com I read carefully your question and understand your concern. I think this is a case of Epilepsy. Epilepsy is a disorder of the brain in which clusters of nerve cells or neurons in the brain sometimes transmit signals in an abnormal form. More than 2 million people in the United States (about 1 in 100) have experienced an unprovoked seizure or have been diagnosed with epilepsy. Seizures can be controlled with modern medicines and surgical techniques in about 80 percent of those diagnosed with epilepsy Having a seizure does not necessarily mean that the person has epilepsy. It is only when a person has had two or more seizures that he is considered to have epilepsy. Although epilepsy has no cure, the disease eventually disappears in some people. One study found that children with idiopathic epilepsy or epilepsy of unknown cause had a 68 to 92 percent chance of not having seizures 20 years after being diagnosed. The odds of being free from epileptic seizures are not as good for adults or for children with severe epilepsy syndromes, but nevertheless it is possible that epileptic seizures may decline or even stop over time. This is more likely to occur if epilepsy has been well controlled with medications or if the person has had surgery to treat epilepsy. This is something that you may talk with your doctor on the next visit Hope it helps.