Sometimes parents think their child is just being careless or not paying attention when actually they are having seizures. Here are some signs you can look for your child might: It can be difficult to tell if your child has absence seizures. These seizures used to be called petit mal seizures.
But your child may need to avoid potentially dangerous activities such as climbing, swimming unsupervised, or riding a bike on busy roads. Medications usually work well to control these seizures. Because a child’s brain switches off for a few seconds during an absence seizure, they might find it hard to learn, or they might have more accidents. Although the seizure is brief, children may have several absence seizures each day – and some have dozens.
