Patient's question:
Recently, I noticed that my child's eyes are rolling upwards; his lips are turning purple; and he's drooling white foam. The doctor concluded it's epilepsy. After taking Keplar for 20 days, he had a seizure (Keplar is taken twice a day, with each dose being a quarter). I took him back to the hospital for a check-up. The doctor adjusted his medication dosage: now he takes it twice a day, with each dose being half, plus B6 twice a day, with each dose being one tablet (10 mg). Now, my child is showing symptoms of another seizure. Is he still suffering from epilepsy? What could be causing this? There's no history of this condition in our family.Doctor's answer:
Considering it to be epilepsy, abnormal discharges in the brain, typical absence seizures are characterized by sudden onset, cessation of movement, staring, unresponsiveness to, may involve blinking, but are generally not accompanied by or only mildly accompanied by motor symptoms, ending abruptly. They usually last for 5-20 seconds, with rare cases exceeding 1 minute. Primarily seen in childhood absence epilepsy.