Patient's question:
BR> Hello everyone! I would like to ask the neurology experts present: My daughter is 12 and a half months old, and her physical development is normal (12 kg, 80 cm). Last month (when she was 11 months old), we started noticing something unusual about her: Before going to bed in bed or lying down (around 10 a.m., 3 p.m., and 9 p.m.), she likes to tightly hug a pillow (or a stuffed animal) to her chest, curl her legs up, sweat, make sounds with her mouth, and when called, her eyes will look at you (she cries when the pillow is taken away). It lasts for about 5 minutes, and then she falls asleep (or returns to normal). {Special note: If an adult holds her to sleep, this behavior does not occur.}Doctor's answer:
Hello! Based on your description, it is more likely that your child has emotional cross-leg syndrome, as typical epilepsy attacks are accompanied by loss of consciousness. However, your child cries after having their pillow taken away, indicating they are conscious, so this situation is unlikely to be epilepsy. But your child also has an abnormal EEG, which suggests there may still be a possibility of epilepsy, as from a Western medical perspective, abnormal brain discharge is epilepsy. The child's long-term sleep disturbances and nighttime crying are very likely caused by abnormal brain discharge. Of course, it is not ruled out that it could be due to fright, as there have been cases in clinical practice where epilepsy-like attacks occurred after being startled. Alternatively, you could try wearing cinnabar to calm the mind and dispel fright. The method is as follows: Buy one to two grams of cinnabar, first wrap it in a slightly thinner piece of paper, then wrap the paper in a small red cloth (for appearance, use red), and finally string it with a small red rope for the child to wear. The length should be appropriate to reach the line connecting the two nipples. Precautions: It must be worn close to the skin to be effective and must not be given to the child to chew (cinnabar is toxic). It should be removed during bathing, and the wearing time should not exceed one week. After one week, remove and store it, and wear it again for one week when needed. The interval between wearing should be at least one week. Principle: The medicinal properties of cinnabar are allowed to penetrate the child's skin to take effect.