did your childs blood sugar spike when they had their febrile seizure?

Laura - posted on 01/15/2010

sorry stephanie I have not checked this in a while..... my biggest fear was the seizures in the night also.... we have not had any more issues that I know of with the blood sugar, but our Doctor did not do all that yours is, thats good to know they are being proactive, I wish ours did more.. I think Brendan may have had another seizure this winter but it was only for a few sec.... not as traumatic. we were told to watch them and if they last longer then seven min to give him diastat and call 911. how is your little guy doing? the neurologist we followed up with told us if they have 2 or more seizure with out fever they diagnosis them with epilepsy. so hopefully they will grow out of all this mess. the entire thing has been a big eye opener, I had no idea anything like this could happenuntil it happened to my family.

Stephanie - posted on 07/26/2009

Hi Laura! How is your son? Find anything out with his sugar? How did your son recover? Is everything ok, did he have any problems as a result of his horrible experience? Our doc says everything looks good with my sons sugar, we were checking it everyday, but now we only have to check it when he's not feeling well or if he has another seizure! Hope all is well!

Stephanie - posted on 06/25/2009

Hi Laura! My son just was sent home from the hospital. He is 19 months old and had his first febrile seizure. His temp was 103.7, he also had a complex febrile. His probably lasted about 30 mins (to our best guess). They finally stopped it with Atavan (not sure of that spelling) I was not immediately aware but found out on lifeflight that his glucose spiked to 317! After we got to the other hospital he then dropped to a 35, 37, and then a 55 within 2 days. They are calling it a febrile seizure but checked his blood glucose in hospital and now we have to check it once a day at home to make sure its ok. I do know in our case they gave him something at the first hospital with a lot of sugar and not enough sodium in his IV, not sure the name , but that probably caused the spike. They are now only chasing his "low blood glucose". Has your son had any more seizures? I'm a little nervous because my father has epilepsy, so thats in the back of my head! And of course this whole blood sugar issue. Any pointers on how to sleep at night? I fear this will happen again,but while we are sleeping, and if it doesn't stop on its own?????????????????????? Scared to death. They were actually getting ready to intabate my son also, but while they were getting the equipment ready, he picked up breathing on his own, that was a little weird!

Catherine - posted on 05/23/2009

pleasure :) Not sure how much of that was helpful, but I will keep going. I have to find a solution for my baba anyway :)

Laura - posted on 05/23/2009

thank you for your help

Catherine - posted on 05/23/2009

http://childbrain.com/seizure1.shtml
Here they mention hypoglycemia being one of the causes of seizures.

http://www.medicinenet.com/febrile_seizu...
Not sure if that is where you stay [country-wise], but perhaps they can help?

That´s all I can see for now - will keep going though.

Catherine - posted on 05/23/2009

Hi!

I´m busy researching this, as it is an interesting point you raise! I would however have your son checked - it could very well be diabetic seizure that he had. Will let you know what I find :)