are seizures painful
Some children experience pain as part of a simple or complex partial seizure. Ask your child if his seizures are painful. While a child is having a tonic-clonic seizure, he may cry out, fall to the ground, and convulse. This is frightening to watch, but he is not aware of it. When the seizure is over, some children say that their head or stomach hurts or their muscles ache. There are many causes of seizures. Idiopathic epilepsy, the most common cause of seizures in the dog, is an inherited disorder, but its exact cause is unknown. Other causes include liver disease, kidney failure, brain tumors, brain trauma, or toxins. Tonic-clonic (or formerly grand mal) seizures are probably the most physically painful. Those are the seizures where your whole body tenses up and convulses. Those are painful; not at the time, but afterwards. The most common pain is that people frequently bite their tongue and it hurts like hell. Seizures are symptoms of a brain problem. They happen because of sudden, abnormal electrical activity in the brain. When people think of seizures, they often think of convulsions in which a person's body shakes rapidly and uncontrollably. Not all seizures cause convulsions. There are many types of seizures and some have mild symptoms. Is a seizure painful or dangerous to the dog? Dog may feel confusion and perhaps panic.. Despite the dramatic and violent appearance of a seizure, seizures are not painful, although the dog may feel confusion and perhaps panic. Contrary to popular belief, dogs do not swallow their tongues during a seizure. Depending on the type of seizure; they are not painful if you are unconscious but when you do come to consciousness it's like you ran a marathon without practice. 1  permalink. 2  embed. 3  save. report.  give 1  gold. reply. Medical tests are an important part of diagnosing seizures. Your child's doctor will certainly do a physical exam and blood tests. The doctor may also order an EEG to check the electrical activity in the brain, or request a brain scan such as an MRI with a specific epilepsy protocol. Ditto what is being said about generalized seizures. I also have short absence seizures, which feel like a zap of electricity, or perhaps being hit by an ocean wave. One by itself isn't painful per-se, but there are times (sleep deprivation) when I have seizures every 30 seconds or so, and it can go on for hours. The Risks of Seizures in Children. Although they may look painful, seizures don't really cause pain. But they may be frightening for children and the people around them. Simple partial seizures, in which a child may have a sudden, overwhelming sense of terror, are especially frightening. During a Seizure. The most important thing that you can do when your dog has a seizure is to stay calm. Most seizures are brief, although they may not seem like it while you are watching your precious pup have one. It's important to remember that most veterinarians believe that dogs, like people, are not in any pain during their seizures. If they are conscious, they may be confused or scared but they are not in pain.
Yes, tonic-clonic seizures are probably the most physically painful.