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blood pressure
by marial, Jun 29, 2008 10:40AM
Recently my 13 yr old epileptic child was in the local emergency room after having 6 grand mal seizures in a two hr period, while there his blood pressure shot up to 164/142 and his heart rate increased to 130 beats per minute. about a minute and a half later he went into seize again. Is this normal? and how dangerous is it for him to be in this state? because they care flighted him to the children's hospital in Oklahoma City OK.
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A seizure episode really gives a lot of stress to the body, and the jerking movements and all the muscle tension can really make his blood pressure and heart rate shoot up. As a child, these changes in blood dynamics is well handled by the blood vessels and should not cause any problems (compared to older individuals who may develop strokes with these blood pressure elevation). I hope that his seizures can be controlled to prevent the blood presure elevations. Regards and God bless.