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Possible Syncope or seizure??

My 13 year old daughter and I were standing in the kitchen preparing some lasagna. I glanced over at her and she was looking down and her hair was getting in the food. I asked her what was she doing, and she did not respond. I walked over to her and picked her head up with my hands, calling her name, and she said "What?", "I'm ok". And as I was looking at her, she went completely white, her pupils dialated to the point there was hardly any iris left, and she started to go down. Her eyes were wide open, and she was kind of stiff as I eased her down to the floor, calling her name repeatedly. As soon as she hit the floor, she came to and got up.

I took her to the ER. They did an EKG and some bloodwork. The doctor *thinks* she just passed out, he doesn't feel she had a seizure, but I'm not convinced. He sent her home and said for me to followup with her primary doctor, which I am going to do. I'm just wondering if anyone has had a similar experience and whether you guys think she just fainted or could it have been a seizure?

She did have a febrile seizure when she was 3. Her eyes seemed to be just the same then as they were this time, but there were no convulsions and she turned blue and foamed out of her mouth back then. Also, she was not tired after this event. I know after seizures people usually sleep for a while. My daughter slept for a few hours after the febrile seizure.

Update:

I forgot to mention that she did have a headache the next morning. Not sure if that could be related, or not.

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  • 6 years ago
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    It very well could have been a seizure, but they can be very hard to diagnose after the fact. The signs of a grand mal seizure are pretty obvious, while petit mal seizures are not always. Petit mal seizures are known as absence seizures, meaning the individual loses parts of their consciousness for a short time. What you describe sounds a LOT like a petit mal seizure. As someone who has temporal epilepsy, I've never had a grand mal seizure, but have had several, more subtle, petit mal type seizures. Keep in mind that the occurrence of a seizure may not necessarily indicate epilepsy, but can occur in isolated incidents only. If you haven't already, it would be smart to do your own research on the different types of seizures and their symptoms.

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