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Can Absence Seizure Cause Upset Stomach? Is It Possible To Feel An Absence Seizure?
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My 4 year old is an epileptic. We always assumed her daytime seizures were absences because of the abrupt shut off and stare... but recently we have noticed they are lasting 2 or 3 minutes and she comes out of them scared and with a sick stomach she also recognizes that something happened... I now am wondering if these are partials...but she doest not exhibit any autonomisms just complete stillness if shes eating her spoon stays in the air etc... sometimes her eyes slide to the side or roll all… read more

posted May 2, 2017
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A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I'm not sure, but my 6 year old has absence seizures and epilepsy with eyelid myoclonia. The eye thing sounds exactly like his seizures-eyes roll back, eyelids flutter. He gets nauseous a lot after and has to rest.

posted May 2, 2017
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Perspective. When we are but 2 years old, 1 year is half our life, when we are 30 one year is only 1/30 of our life. For a child to go through things is hard to explain when all you know is the little you have experienced. Waking up in my bed for 12 years covered in my own urine think I had a bladder problem tge whole time I felt humiliated, then I learned it was seizres in my sleep and we found a way to control it. But while I didn't understand it was hard to accept, hard to explain, and made me feel lonesome. As she grows older she will learn how to express herself, one thing I could advise is trying to teach advanced english skills, so that she may be able to understand and comunicate on a nearly adult level sooner than most kids. Purly an option.

posted May 4, 2017
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

We are currently waiting for the results of a recent 48 hour eeg. Hopefully we will get the answers we are looking for. its is sometimes difficult to sort out my daughters details and descriptions of of how she feels or episodes she tries to tell me about. Her age makes understanding things more difficult. She confuses us and sometimes herself trying to explain herself.

posted May 4, 2017
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

When I was younger, age 10-15, my aura was partly defined by an upset abdomen, not stomach. It is common for little kids to mix up the two, when describing abdominal discomfort they say their stomach hurts.
(And yes, my eyes rolled back during my seizures, too).

posted May 4, 2017
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

In my experience, the absence is generally non physical though it can (in my case) lead into a physical seizure. Be sure to inform the doctor and if you have one the neurologist as they will surely be able to answer this better than I. As a child grows so does the brain in a way, along with this the type of epilepsy may or may not change, I used to stare "off at nothing" but today I am less on blank looks and more convulsion. Again I advise a doctors advise as my epilepsy is quite likely to be nothing like hers or just similar.

posted May 3, 2017

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