infant seizures

[cory0616]

my son has been having seizures starting at 7-8 months old. he is 13 months now, and he has had around 7 seizures since the first one. each time he has one his fever sky rockets within seconds and he stops breathing and turns blue. he's been to the emergency room and been admitted into the hospital and he had been to a neurologist, but each time he sees someone they each give a different answer. when he was admitted to the hospital the doctor did all kinds of test and said that he had a sinus infection which was causing him to have a fever which was causing him to have his seizures. the doctor gave him some medicine and sent him on his way after 24 hours seizure free. he went to a neurologist a couple of days later and the specialist there took him off the meds and said he was fine and that he'd grow out of it. he just had another one yesterday and this time they said that he had a bacterial infection. well, i'm tired of waiting for him to grow out of it while i watch him keep having more and more seizures. with the symptoms i've given does anyone have suggestions as to why he is getting worse not better.

[missnanny]

PS

Does baby have any blood in urine?
http://www.valdezlink.com/generic.htm#8

I think the reason they say infection ... is that they are finding high white blood cell counts?

That is a sign of 'the anemia' that may be lurking around, not the immune system fighting an infection, as is generally thought
http://www.valdezlink.com/re/highwbc.htm

Seizures?
http://www.valdezlink.com/re/msn/braintumors/grandemalseizure.htm

I don't have any medical background, but doctors don't find the fatigue of Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome, etiher.  That should be the highest priority in the Nation.  Maybe one of our Presidential or VP candidates could start stressing this.

[missnanny]

I would wonder about the cleaning products that are use.  A very harmful component in cleaning products, paint, stains, etc is BUTYL or 2-butoxyethanol.
http://www.valdezlink.com/re/avoidpesticides.htm

It is the cause of the high, near epidemic autoimmune issues.

Autoimmune hypothalamus would cause elevated body temperature with a 'right now expsoure'  Hypothalamus also controls blood pressure, blood sugar, etc

Exposure looks like 'the flu' or 'the sniffles'
If it is said that baby has sinus infection ... maybe it is an exposure sign for this chemical.

Another cause of seizures is lack of oxygen.
I would wonder what is going on with his red blood cells
Are they ragged and beat up
(Approaching autoimmune hemoytic anemia)

You are right to avoid meds as much as possible

I would recommend Huggies baby wipes
They are the only ones I've found that do not have some bad chemical components
http://www.valdezlink.com/pages/babywipes.htm

I would be sure that he is not in a freshly painted room,
or around a newly cleaned carpet

If anyone is exposed too much to such chemicals as I share about,
they can also be exposed second hand

Notice any farting with diarrhea following

And then think carefully what was going on differently IMMEDIATELY prior to that

Moisture under the nose is also a sign of looseninof the sinuses

Does he go to a babysitter?  What do they clean with?

http://groups.msn.com/clean

[Akbari]

your welcome. CNS is the central nervous system. and off course a good nutrition plan is determined by a specialist. I just know that some food can enhance the imune system and prevent infection: youghort, garlet, food with high beta caroten, and low fat food.
and some can weaken the immune system. such as fatty food like corn and sunflower oil.
vegetables with vit. C are very important. like strawberry, lemon, tomato and etc.  

[Akbari]

your welcome. CNS is the central nervous system. and off course a good nutrition plan is determined by a specialist. I just know that some food can enhance the imune system and prevent infection: youghort, garlet, food with high beta caroten, and low fat food.
and some can weaken the immune system. such as fatty food like corn and sunflower oil.
vegetables with vit. C are very important. like strawberry, lemon, tomato and etc.  

[cory0616]

thanks for the advice. my wife is pretty adiment about checking his temperature often, and sometimes too often. when it goes over 100 she starts to worry and she does everything she can to keep it down. but he usually has them moments after his fever starts. my wife keeps everything extra clean and sanitizes everything. right now she is kind stressed out cuz i'm deployed right now and it doesn't help that my son is already more hyper than the average child. but not like a crazy hyper, more like a happy hyper. what is CNS? we are both looking into a good nutrition for him. but the part that boggles my mind is we don't know exactly what kind of infection he has. one doctor said he has a sinus infection, so we bought new high dollar vaccums and air filters. then the other doctor said it was a bacterial infection, where? i don't know... so she is being even more adiment about cleaning and keeping things sanitized. but thank you for the advice and if you hear of any other ideas or know someone with similar symptoms please let me know. thank you for you help and advice.

[Akbari]

about these kinds of seizures there are two important factors, first try to control infection and enhancing the immune system , and controlling the fever as fast as possible that you know for sure. the other point is to make an environment to make the child relax specially when there is a risk of seizure. you should do it considering this factor that a relaxing environment is an environment in which no severe stimulation could be found. low light, quiet and suitable temperature, don't make fast movements at these special times.
you should do your best to control these episodes because they can harm CNS. I suggest you to try a good nutrition plan for enhancing the immune system in addition  to medical prescriptions by doctors.
good luck!

[cory0616]

they have done a mri, eeg. and they found nothing out of the ordinary. he was on valprat but when he went to the neurologist with my wife he took my son off them. two of the 5 doctors both said that he has some kind of infection. one said my son had a virus infection causing the fever, causing the seizure. the other doctor that my son just saw said that he had a bacterial infection. from what little i know i think that his immune system isn't working properly. i really don't know very much but i know my medical history and i have a history of immune failure when i was an infant. thank you for your reply. please let me know if you have any more suggestions.

[Akbari]

hi, I want to know if they have taken any EEG and what was the answer?
in the case of these continual seizures doctors usually use medicines for stopping that such as valprat Na or other medications. did they have any prescription like this? if the reason of these episodes is not infection and fever it should be caused by a neurological factor which can be diagnosed in EEG or in some cases MRI. I'm not neurologist but here the seizure is usually stopped in this way.