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Question: Toddler having fits
Q: “My daughter is 19 months old. About a year ago she was playing on the sofa and she fell off. When I went to pick her up, she had her mouth open like she was holding in her breath to let out a big cry, but instead her eyes rolled back in her head, her…
Free workshop for special educational needs
National charity Young Epilepsy is pleased to invite parents and carers from across England to a workshop about special educational needs funding. The one-hour workshop, which is part of a half-day Open Day at the charity’s headquarters, will take place on Wednesday 14 March, and will be led by Deborah Hay, a barrister at Hardwicke…
Posted in News, Special Needs
Tagged charity, early years education, epidemics, epilepsy, Registered Charity, special needs
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Alcohol and medicines in pregnancy
Alcohol The most recent research shows that drinking alcohol heavily or frequently can seriously harm your baby’s development. When you drink, alcohol reaches your baby through the placenta. But your baby cannot process it as fast as you can, and is exposed to greater amounts of alcohol for longer than you are. Too much exposure…
Posted in Antenatal Care, Online antenatal classes, Pregnancy Health
Tagged Alcohol, antenatal class, asthma, Baby, baby development, babyworld online antenatal class, diabetes, Drug addiction, epilepsy, Foetal alcohol syndrome, illegal drugs, medicine, Midwife, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, welcome class, x-rays
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Novel epilepsy treatment could reduce risk of birth defects
Researchers at Royal Holloway, University of London have developed a new biochemical approach to identifying epilepsy treatments which not only offer stronger seizure protection but could also provide safer treatment for pregnant women. The research, carried out by Dr Robin Williams from the Centre of Biomedical Sciences at Royal Holloway, in collaboration with Professor Matthew…
Posted in News, Pregnancy Health, Pregnancy Tests
Tagged birth defects, British Epilepsy Association, epilepsy, Pregnancy, research
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Epilepsy
If you’re an epileptic, it’s generally recommended that you see your doctor before you become pregnant, so that you can discuss how best to control your epilepsy while you’re pregnant. It will also give you a chance to talk about how your epilepsy might affect your pregnancy and your baby. Will being pregnant affect my epilepsy? Pregnancy seems to affect…
Vitamins and folic acid supplements
If you are trying for a baby or are pregnant, you should take folic acid supplements up to the 12th week, as this has been shown to help reduce the risk of a baby being born with neural tube defects such as spina bifida. Folic acid appears naturally in foods including leafy green vegetables, orange juice, dried apricots…
Osteopathy for children
Mum of five, Clodagh Foelster, describes how The Osteopathic Centre for children treated her daughter’s talipes, with amazing results. Rio’s talipes When my daughter, Rio, started crawling she didn’t use her legs at all but dragged herself along with her arms. Despite reassurances from my health visitor and GP, as the mother of 3 older children who were…
Immunisation illnesses explained
The current immunisation program offers protection against eleven infectious diseases but because vaccinations have been so effective, many people know very little about these illnesses. Read on to find out more about the diseases you’re protecting your child from. Diphtheria Diphtheria is an extremely infectious disease which, thanks to vaccinations, is very rare in the UK. However, in poorer countries…
Posted in Baby, Baby Health, Immunisations
Tagged Bacterial diseases, blood poisoning, common cold, congenital rubella syndrome, Diphtheria Tetanus Pertussis, encephalitis, epilepsy, flu, homeopathy, illness, infection, Infectious diseases, Infertility, inflammation, Measles, Meningitis, Meningitis C, Miscarriage, Mumps, oral polio drops, Pertussis, pneumococcal disease, pneumonia, polio, rubella, septicaemia, TB, tetanus, tuberculosis, Vaccination, viral infection, whooping cough
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Pregnancy Complications : links
Pregnancy is an exciting time and most women go through pregnancy with only a few pregnancy complications. Some women may have existing medical conditions that could put them at risk or some may experience more serious pregnancy complications. If you are concerned about pregnancy complications or medical conditions you will find information here on how you and your baby…
Cartoon danger
23 February THE everyday activities of watching cartoons and having a bath have been found to cause seizures in susceptible children in two separate studies. The BBC reports that an Italian study discovered that children prone to photosensitive epilepsy nearly all had reactions due to flickering of the screen. The study followed problems in Japan…
