First aid for seizures

Hello,

My 25-year-old sister is epileptic. She has been having seizures since middle school, so her having a seizure is nothing abnormal for me to hear about. Every time she has had one, my mom (an RN) has been there to take care of her. Recently, I was actually in the room without my mom when she had one. Honestly, and I am not trying to offend anybody, it was a very frightening event to witness. The act itself was very abnormal, but I was afraid she was never going to start breathing again. I didn't know if she'd ever wake up or if she had permanent brain damage. Immediately after the actual seizing stopped, we put her on her side and she started doing something that was similar to snoring loudly for about a minute. She was spitting a little (almost like foaming at the mouth), but still was not conscious. Is this normal?

Also, her biggest issue is she always bites her tongue up pretty badly. Is there anything I can do to prevent that? I have heard to stick a pillow or a wallet (but NOT your fingers!) right between her teeth but this website is saying not to do that.

And some advice: whenever my sister is about to have a seizure (about a minute beforehand), she will look around and act really confused. Also, I find it really important to follow the advice about not screaming at the person and allowing them to slowly regain his/her bearings. We had to tell my sister 5 or 6 times calmly that she had a seizure. The person may feel embarrassed or scared, so just be comforting and sensitive.

please need advice on my own experience of seizures i get really aggressive and lash out on those who care the most for me . i hate when i come around and hear what i done any one out there

experience same seizures ?

Please take this seriously:

We have a dog that suffers from epilepsy.

His attack lasts about 5-7 minutes.

You say do not restrain the victim's movements!!

Our dog tries to jump over invisible obstacles. At first his back is arched and after he falls over he struggles to his feet and springs about all over the place, so in order to prevent him injuring himself I have to hold him down.

He only weighs ten Kilos, but he's quite strong, the last time this happened I slipped a disc and damaged a nerve. It still tickles.

So, any advice?

Thank you for your time.

William, Dog lover.

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My 24yr old son had his 1st seizure whilst driving through a set of traffic lights and was admitted to hospital and discharged the next day followed by an mri 4wks later, 3 wks after this he underwent an EEG and 3days later he had a tonic clonic seisure whilst sat in my car as a passenger whist parked up, i called out to someone to call for an ambulance whilst i rolled him onto his side with seat reclined and i spoke to him calmly and rubbed his upper back in circular motion which seemed to bring his breathing in to sync and he started regaining normal colour to his mouth and started to come to his senses after 4-5 mins by which time the ambulance arrived and took him to hospital,when i arrived shortly after them he was fully alert and said he were fine then went into another which lasted 5 mins but didnt come round for an hour,he gets an aura and can tell you he is tripping out which lasts around 20 seconds before he goes rigid then violent shaking. He is now on medication and making the lifechanges necessary to stay safe and hopefully prevent having seizures. Would appreciate any advice or feedback, as i have flashbacks of his seizures when he not with me which un-nerves me! Andy

Hi,
am looking for some advice, My brother is in his 30s and lives alone, he has had severe sleeping seizures since he was about 6, he no longer has seizures when awake, unless he is ill or run down, but his sleeping seizures are so severe that he will catapult himself from the bed to the other side of the room on some occassions!! but generally just thrashes around. theese seizures seem to be increasing and he now can have 9 or10 a night. His bed is a metal framed bed and he realises that he would be bette off in another sort of bed, but is not in a position to buy one. is there anywhere we can apply for funding? or would it be possible to get an OT to come and have a look and maybe make some suggestions as regards some sort of medical bed?
The only reason I ask is that he is waking up pretty much every morning covered in large lumps, cuts and bruises, and I am worried that one night he is going to cause himself some serious damage,
thanks in anticipation.

Hi,
My dad's 50 and has suffered from seizures since he was 17 and has had all the tests known and doctors could not explain why he has them?

Having read the comments it is clear that all that we all need is to be aware. I totally agree with the information video because I have seen the "headless chickens" embracing their mobile phones and needlessly panicking,,,,,,, I am new to this having "acquired" a very beautiful young lady of 50 with epilepsy but it is great to know that there are lots of people who know, who care, and who support,,, so thank you to all who give so much......

Andrew

thank you for the video. I have done first aid training for seizures, because my daughter occasionally suffers from them, but I hadn't actually seen her have one before because she is in residential care and has been with them when it has happened before. She has just had a seizure while with me, and while I know what to do, when it actually happened I felt really scared and worried that I would miss something. I know I haven't now, which is a relief.

Beforehand, she was making funny sounds, different to normal, but I didn't know it was part of the build up. Then she had a full tonic clonic seizure which lasted for a couple of minutes. She was rigid and sat up, so I put a cushion next to her head, which was close to the wall, so she wouldn't bang her head, then I stroked her face and spoke calmly to her until it passed. Her face and lips went grey for a while and she was a little bit sick, which fortunately came out of her mouth so she didn't choke. She went into quite a deep sleep immediately afterwards, but woke up after about 20 minutes. She's ok now but I'm keeping a close eye on her, she's just a bit pale and tired looking.

Your video has reassured me that I did ok and couldn't have done anything differently, so thank you.

hi there i am epilepsy i been ok for a while now,but today i was going down stair to go for a swim and i felt so drunk like i had 10 pints i stood in the water ofr about a min i could not good not where as i felt that bad,a lifted myself up and i lifeguard come to me and she ask me if i was ok and i said to her i feel if i am drunk she said my words were all over the place and i was repeating things and when i stood up my legs went from underneath me,becasue i felt that drunk,they took me upstair to the rest room about 2 hours later i felt totaly better like nothing was wrong with me,do you think it could be something to do with my epilepsy.