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What Causes Seizures?

Hello My daughter got a seizure after delivery (placenta abruption). She was on phenobarb 4 months and now when she is 6 months she got seizure again. Today she got 2 times. Doctor said to take keppra but she got seizure, we gave her phenobarb 3.0 (she is 7 kg) double dose because she was too active with keppra and it didnt help her. But phenobart didnt help either. Last Friday she cried for 5-10 min hard and I think it was the reason why she got it!? Last Saturday she got her first little noticeable seizure and yesterday another one (ER said it is tonic clonic ) and today 2 seizures. One of them after bath. We scared. Tell us please what is going on. We weaned off the phenobarb very gradually and EEG was normal but after that cry our lives changed. What do you think? Thanks.
Mon, 4 Apr 2016
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She has breath holding spasms and not a true seizures- if recurs again and again you can give oral iron drops if continues. Bath induced seizures esp after hot water bath is a peculiar type of reflex seizures noted in the indian sub continent (south) and all you have to avoid hot water only to the extent of tolerability.
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What Causes Seizures?

She has breath holding spasms and not a true seizures- if recurs again and again you can give oral iron drops if continues. Bath induced seizures esp after hot water bath is a peculiar type of reflex seizures noted in the indian sub continent (south) and all you have to avoid hot water only to the extent of tolerability.