For obvious reasons, children don't relish blood draws. Stickers, treats, and other rewards for bravery can help. Blood tests are especially tough on children who are sensory-defensive. An occupational therapist may be able to help you with techniques for desensitizing the area from which blood will need to be drawn. Numbing ointments can also help.
Seizures are the result of nerve cells that fire off abnormal electrical charges.
They have many causes, and there is more than one type of seizure. There are three general classifications of seizures, two of which can be broken down into subcategories. Myoclonic seizures are jerking movements of muscles or muscle groups. Atonic seizures, also called drop attacks, are seizures in which the body has a sudden loss of muscle tone and cannot stand or sit upright. The body is rigid during the tonic phase, and jerks during the clonic phase.