Tonic/Absence Seizure in 2 year old

This is an older clip I found that we took for Jenelle's neurologist when Jenelle was 2 years old (back in 2003/2004). The seizure started as a tonic, where she stiffens and as you can barely see her lips turn blue, then she goes into an Absence (staring seizure.) You can also hear her grinding her teeth, which is common with an Absence seizure. The seizure lasted longer than 3 minutes - the camera turned off after 3 minutes.

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[KittyGal1994]

How long did the longest last??

[Jenellesmommy]

Jenelle has had cluster seizures that have lasted 2 days or more. Her longest absence seizures has gone 2 hours, and her longest grand mal has gone 20 minutes

[pangshoua]

poor baby, hope she's feeling alot better now...

[TrishTrishybabes]

Aww i hope your little girl grows out of these seizures x

[3rdshifted]

How's the child's speech?

[Byodawg]

Sad, but a great example of the tonic phase.

[Amckeeda28]

I think this is helpful for people who may not understand the condition. Thank you for posting this.

[doubleetendre]

Another med student here. Thank you for posting, great help in understanding the clinical presentation.

[Elliissse]

Thanks for sharing! Something similar happened to my 16 mo old the other night. Didn't last nearly as long, but enough to make me, my mom and sis worry. Her pediactric nurse suggested that we go to the ER. They didn't take it seriously. I'm kind of glad that she's not branded with epilepsy at 1 yo. Hopefully it will just go away and not get worse *crosses fingers

[spaghettifiedmac]

@Jenellesmommy I am very appreciative that you have shared these videos. I am a medical student currently studying how to treat seizures. I think it is very helpful for to me to see these videos to get a grasp on the different types of seizures. If people didn't put these videos up, then I would just be memorizing words. The images stick so much better. Thank you for sharing.

[Niceboy3377]

this made me hungry for some reason xd

[greenbay0825]

My daughter does the same thing, The doctors dont know what it is, this video is the only one that shows the same thing that my daughter does, but hers only last for 30 seconds to a minute, Doctors cant seem to figure out what it is, Only a mother would know that there is something completely wrong. So yeah this video does help other me, me for example. :) thanks.

[wowdanalise]

@Frypanfacegook

Is this just fantasy?

[chococat61298]

but is she breathing wat can u do to help her stop