Patient's question:
The baby is two weeks old. Last night, his dad came home at midnight drinking beer and woke him up with a kiss. His eyes opened for a moment to look at me, then he fell back asleep. Later, his dad went to take a nap in another room. A while later, his eyes opened again, and I held him and fell asleep. In the second half of the night, I heard the baby making "Hmm-hmm-hmm" sounds with his eyes closed, just like he usually does when answering. A moment later, his eyes opened and closed without looking at anyone, and they rolled up twice. His body showed no convulsions. I didn’t know how his hands reacted in the cup, so I spoke to him for a couple of sentences, held him, and he fell back asleep. Is this epilepsy? Or was he scared?Doctor's answer:
According to your detailed description, the child is experiencing nightmares, not epilepsy. The symptoms of epilepsy include sudden loss of consciousness, followed by severe tonic-clonic convulsions, often accompanied by screaming, bluish complexion, bitten tongue, foaming at the mouth or blood foam, dilated pupils, which last for several seconds or minutes before the intense pain subsides naturally, leading to a state of coma. So you can rest assured, but it's important to ask your husband not to wake the child suddenly at night, as this can easily interrupt his deep sleep.