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6 month old fainting episode?

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grotbags1 · 31/08/2013 05:48

Hi wondered if anyone has any experience of this?

Went out today and left DS with a sitter (very experienced nanny who I know and has kids of her own). He was absolutely fine followed usual routine woke up from his lunchtime nap after 1.5hrs and sitter brought him downstairs. She said after about 15 mins of playing he started getting a bit fussy and looked as if he was straining to have a poo. She picked him up and rubbed his back holding him over her shoulder. At this point we arrived back and she handed him back to me and we both saw straightaway there was something wrong, he was extremely pale, blue around the mouth and looked v sleepy even though he had just woken up. He was very floppy in my arms and his forehead was cold and clammy. I sat down with him and tried to rouse him but he was basically unresponsive although his eyes were open. I called my husband to call 999 and then the sitter and I wrapped him in a blanket and talked and chatted/sang/showed him toys to keep him awake. After about 2 mins he started to come around and look at us then smile. By the time the paramedics arrived he was sitting up and after about 30 mins completely normal behaviour and colour etc.

He was taken to hospital where all vitals were normal, blood sugar etc. Full blood work-up was normal and full body x-ray all normal. Doc suggested that his reflux may have caused his windpipe to close over and his blood pressure to drop causing him to effectively faint. I was prepared to accept this but now after having googled I can't find much info about this. Just wondered if anyone else had experienced similar and what explanations they were given. Feel very nervous about leaving him again even though I am certain it was not the sitter's fault.

Any ideas?

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isitsnowingyet · 31/08/2013 05:56

How scarey for you and family. I have never heard of that, and would be wanting a further referral to a consultant paediatric doc to find out a bit more. Hope someone has some more useful advice than that

jumpingpillows · 31/08/2013 06:09

reflex anoxic seizure?

Imnotaslimjim · 31/08/2013 07:08

My DS did something similar at just 3 days old. 5 days in hospital, full bloodwork scans etc showed nothing wrong. We were told similar to you, that reflux could cause it

He continued to do it until he was 16 weeks, we repeatedly took him to the GP and they never found anything, then they just stopped overnight!

I've just googled reflex anoxic seziure, and it looked nothing like that. He would go grey, pale and floppy for anything up to 2 minutes at a time

BeaWheesht · 31/08/2013 07:15

My friends dd did this with reflux.

DeWe · 31/08/2013 15:28

I've known a few children do this with reflux. But usually during/just after a feed, and when being held fairly horizontal, neither of which sound like they apply to your ds. I'd go and talk to the GP and ask for a referal to a paed.

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