17 articles from our doctors on seizure disorder support, newest first.
Your neurologist manages the seizure disorder. We focus on your child's overall nervous system capacity, the part that shapes sleep, tension, and day to day comfort in between episodes.
A rough night of sleep, an illness, a growth spurt. For a nervous system already stretched thin, small stressors can tip the balance. Building reserve is a different goal than symptom control alone.
One moment your child is standing, the next they have collapsed without warning. Atonic seizures are frightening to witness. Here is what they are and how to plan for safety.
A family history of seizures, a hard birth, or a single febrile seizure can leave parents wondering what to do before anything else happens. Here is what a nervous system focused look can offer.
Your teenager was fine one morning, then had a seizure that came out of nowhere. Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy often works this way, building quietly for years before it ever shows itself.
Seizures sometimes increase for a stretch while a child's medication is being tapered. That spike is a known, well described pattern, not a sign that anything has failed.
Genetics, injury, infection. That is usually where the explanation for a child's seizures stops. Here is the layer underneath that answer, and why it matters.
Newborn seizures look different from what most parents picture, subtle mouth movements, staring, a pause in breathing. Here is what to watch for in the first 28 days and why quick evaluation matters.
Will my child outgrow this. It is the question every parent hears after an epilepsy diagnosis. Here is what actually determines the answer, and what a new or worse seizure means.
An implanted device that gently stimulates the vagus nerve is already helping some patients whose seizures do not respond to medication alone. It says something important about where seizure control actually comes from.
Your child collapsed, stiffened, and jerked, and the EEG came back normal. Convulsive fainting can look identical to epilepsy on the surface, and telling the two apart changes everything about what helps.
Watching your child seize is one of the most frightening things a parent can experience. Here is what pediatric epilepsy actually is, and how nervous system support can work alongside your neurology team.
A racing heart, a fever with no infection, sweating and rigid posturing that comes in waves. This pattern after a brain injury has a name, and it always calls for prompt medical attention.
Autism, ADHD, anxiety, seizures, OCD. Your child's chart may list them as separate diagnoses, but they frequently share the same underlying nervous system pattern.
A new seizure diagnosis brings more questions than answers. Here is a calm, plain-language starting point for understanding what is happening in your child's nervous system.
Clusters of sudden bending or arching movements in a baby are never just a startle reflex. Infantile spasms need prompt medical attention, every time.
Convulsion and seizure get used interchangeably, but they are not quite the same thing. What a convulsion actually is, why it always needs prompt medical care, and the nervous system pattern underneath it.
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