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Dd2 scared the life out of me today

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Bomper · 05/05/2006 17:38

I was at Bluewater with my sister in the food hall having a cup of coffee, her dd and my dd were drinking milk and playing together when my dd (true to form) decides to run off without looking back. I chased after her, went to grab her arm and she pulled it away at the same time and she fell over and banged her head on the marble floor. She started to scream and I picked her up for a cuddle when she flopped back in my arms. First of all I thought she was having a tantrum, but when I lifted her head up, her eyes had rolled back, and her lips were going blue. I just panicked, and jiggled her about, shouting her name and she sort of came to and started screaming again. It scared the bloody bejesus out of me. What the hell do you think happened to her, and should I get her checked out?

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Bomper · 05/05/2006 20:52

You can say that again!!! Grin

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sugarfree · 05/05/2006 22:46

Really sorry to have worried you,Lucycat.It could feasibly happen with your little one again but lots of children seem to grow out of it too.
What seems to have happened with mine is that as he got older he became more aware of an iminent attack and seemed to bring himself back from the brink IYSWIM?
It's interesting to note that sufferers have alot more attacks when they are at home/with parents.The thinking behind that is that they are more relaxed.At nursery/school or other strange environments they are subconsciously on guard as it were,against shocks and frights.
Try not to worry too much but just be aware that it could happen again,and then you might want to think about a sure dx.
Bomper,so glad to hear that your little one is ok,and hope you are feeling a little calmer.Can I suggest that you also think about referral if it happens again?

Lucycat · 06/05/2006 08:52

Thanks for that reassurance sugarfree, I think I'll mention it to dd's nursery when she starts in September, she's such a tomboy, loves climbimg trees etc that I think it's only fair to forewarn them! Grin

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Bomper · 06/05/2006 09:04

Sugarfree, I was thinking of taking her to my 'regular' doctors on Monday actually. After reading your link about it, I am worried that the emergency one I saw yesterday was a little laid back about the whole thing and that if she does have this condition it is something that should at least be officially diagnosed. Thank you for the information.

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hub2dee · 06/05/2006 09:26

Hi Bomper, I hadn't heard about this sort of thing, so being a curious fellow had a google. It appears it's actually fairly common, affecting up to around 5% of kids, typically starting at 2ish and diminishing by 5ish years of age.

These two pages seemed to have excellent, clear comments:

\link{http://free-toddlers-activity-and-discipline-guide.com/discipline-child-holding-breath.html(1)}

\link{http://www.health24.com/medical/Head2Toe/777-778-781,25461.asp(2)}

The second article details some of the ways in which 'breath holding' attacks differ from fits. HTH.

Lucycat · 06/05/2006 10:34

It also sounds like dd2 had breath holding attacks, in fact they seem to be very similar in appearance. I'm hoping the fact that she hasn't had any for months and even falling off the swing backwards the other day didn't bring one on, means that she has grown out of them. Here's hoping!

Thanks for the links hub2dee.

sugarfree · 06/05/2006 10:41

Morning Lucy and Bomper!Keep us up to date with your little ones,yeah?
Hub,thanks for the links,I was interested to read about these children turning into the "faint at sight of blood adults"...when J was having investigations into his attacks he needed a few blood tests and these caused him no problem at all (actually he was enthralled by it all,aged 2)
Then a few weeks ago his older brother cut his finger and it traumatised J to the point of "I need to go and sit down Mummy!" (age 6).
Very interesting.

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Bomper · 06/05/2006 11:36

Thanks Hub2Dee, those links were really useful and interesting Smile. Am now totally convinced dd2's 'funny turn' needs following up.

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hub2dee · 06/05/2006 18:34

No prob... I just googled "breath holding attack" (like that, with the quotes, it'll treat your search query as a phrase and only return hits which contain an exact match). Deffo follow it up, B, but from the account of what happened, and reading some of the links google came up with it sounds fairly common. That's probably why the A&E doctor seemed a bit non-plussed IYSWIM !

Hope you don't get many more scares ! Smile

Twiglett · 06/05/2006 18:39

one of my sisters used to hold her breath during temper tantrums btw

despite the doctor advising my mother that when she fainted she'd start breathing again and she was just to ignore them as they were a facet of the temper tantrum .. my mother decided to just slap her on the cheek until she breathed .. that's my mummy Grin

(I still think this case was worth A&E because there was a bump on the head involved too)

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