Posted: 10/15/2010 7:16:47 AM EDT
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I saw this little boy running for the school bus. He looked to be 5 or 6 years old with a big smile and waving both arms at the bus driver.
Suddenly he froze in his tracks, his eyes were distant and his hands still raised above his head. His mother began to rub his back and call his name over and over in a calm voice while another women came over and took his hand. After what seemed like an eternity he was back, a little confused but smiling and got on the bus. His mom rushed off so I asked the other woman who was holding the boy's hand what it was that just happened. She said that the child had an absence seizure. She said it was common in children who were shaken as babies. Anyone ever see this type of seizure this before? |
| Yep, absence, petit mal, it's a type of seizure that causes people to "go blank" or "zone out". Basically they shut off and get glazed over for a few minutes, and then come back and don't remember anything. To the patient, it doesn't feel like anything happened. It wouldn't say it's common, but it's definately one of the more common seizure disorders diagnosed in children. There's good drugs for it. It doesn't really have anything to do with being shaken though, I'm pretty sure that's misinformation. |
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Yep, absence, petit mal, it's a type of seizure that causes people to "go blank" or "zone out". Basically they shut off and get glazed over for a few minutes, and then come back and don't remember anything. To the patient, it doesn't feel like anything happened. It wouldn't say it's common, but it's definately one of the more common seizure disorders diagnosed in children. There's good drugs for it. It doesn't really have anything to do with being shaken though, I'm pretty sure that's misinformation. Glad to hear that. I am not the best judge of character but his mother just did not strike me as an abusive person. |
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My mother's friend had seizures something like that (1970s). She would just zone out for a few minutes. The odd thing was if she was driving she would zone out but continue to drive.
The car stayed in the proper lane, she was just zoned out and not responsive to being talked to. She had numerous like seizures, and never ran off the road or crashed! It was very weird! |