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2 yr old dizzy spells and large pupils
Hi,
My daughter who is two, was eating a melon and some strawberries when all of a sudden she started waving her arms in the air in a circle, then her pupils enlarged, you couldn't even see her eye color. I grabbed her and held her, she said she was dizzy and couldn't see. She looked as if she could see through me. A few minutes later she was fine. We put it down to brain freeze and possible stawberry allergies.
A few weeks later, she had just eaten lunch, veggies soup. Went to sit on the sofa to eat a marshmallow and jumped up saying she was dizzy, then fell over to the ground on her left side. When my husband picked her up she was so hard and stiff and was scared to walk.
Went to the ER and they did blood test and took urine, which ruled out diabetes and blood count was good. The doc said he thought she was holding her breath, which is common for her age. I know it wasn't that.
Her Uncle is an epileptic , although family doc said it's not that. He also doesn't think it's realted to the strawberries. So what could it be? She talks through the episodes and it lasts for only a minute. She has tubes in her ears, only one left in, which she received when she was eight months old. She was born 8 days early and had yellow jaundice. Aside from that, the odd cold, sinus infection this year and strep she's healthy.
The only other change is in her sleeping habits, she was the best sleeper and now either won't go to sleep or wakes at night for two hours. Not always crying, but she will attempt to sleep and then justs pops up and out of the bed. She could do this 20 times. She never sleeps in our bed (only because she doesn't actually go to sleep in it) and she eats a very healthy diet.
Have to wait a few weeks for the pediatricians appointment, but it's got me scared as to what it may be. I had hep when I was younger, could I have given this too her?
If anyone can help, I would be so grateful.
Happy New Year to you all.
Lydia
My daughter who is two, was eating a melon and some strawberries when all of a sudden she started waving her arms in the air in a circle, then her pupils enlarged, you couldn't even see her eye color. I grabbed her and held her, she said she was dizzy and couldn't see. She looked as if she could see through me. A few minutes later she was fine. We put it down to brain freeze and possible stawberry allergies.
A few weeks later, she had just eaten lunch, veggies soup. Went to sit on the sofa to eat a marshmallow and jumped up saying she was dizzy, then fell over to the ground on her left side. When my husband picked her up she was so hard and stiff and was scared to walk.
Went to the ER and they did blood test and took urine, which ruled out diabetes and blood count was good. The doc said he thought she was holding her breath, which is common for her age. I know it wasn't that.
Her Uncle is an epileptic , although family doc said it's not that. He also doesn't think it's realted to the strawberries. So what could it be? She talks through the episodes and it lasts for only a minute. She has tubes in her ears, only one left in, which she received when she was eight months old. She was born 8 days early and had yellow jaundice. Aside from that, the odd cold, sinus infection this year and strep she's healthy.
The only other change is in her sleeping habits, she was the best sleeper and now either won't go to sleep or wakes at night for two hours. Not always crying, but she will attempt to sleep and then justs pops up and out of the bed. She could do this 20 times. She never sleeps in our bed (only because she doesn't actually go to sleep in it) and she eats a very healthy diet.
Have to wait a few weeks for the pediatricians appointment, but it's got me scared as to what it may be. I had hep when I was younger, could I have given this too her?
If anyone can help, I would be so grateful.
Happy New Year to you all.
Lydia
RockRose is right, I was about to say have her get an ECG done to rule out seizure activity.
I'm not quite sure why the family doc would rule out a seizure.
What you are describing sounds like a classic particial seizure, sometimes called a focal seizure.
Here's one quick link I found on this medhelp website, if you search around you might find information more specific to her case..
Best wishes.
http://www.medhelp.org/Medical-Dictionary/Terms/1/000697.htm
What you are describing sounds like a classic particial seizure, sometimes called a focal seizure.
Here's one quick link I found on this medhelp website, if you search around you might find information more specific to her case..
Best wishes.
http://www.medhelp.org/Medical-Dictionary/Terms/1/000697.htm
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