Seizure treatment

[Kidrn71]

Ok so I have been a Nurse for many years. Most of my experience is Peds ER and PICU,Peds. I am not new to treatment of seizures. I have been hearing friends I know from my daughter's school with over the last 10 years, say something I find crazy. It goes against everything I have ever heard with seizures. These are different people from different times, one not knowing the other person.

They insist that their neurologist tells them to walk their child if they are seizing. They pretty much have the kid,( I seen one with a young girl, another with a teenage boy,) by the arm and force them to walk. The girl was pretty much dragged, she was convulsing so much.

When I explain that is not safe, and they know my quailifications, but ignore me, insisting this is what their doctor told them to do. I feel helpless, make sure the child is safe, and shake my head. If they were not safe. I would be more forceful intervening.

Seriously, has anyone ever heard such a thing. Is this an old thing in Neurology, or a new thing? The area I live in has horrible doctors. Sad thing is, if people would drive 45 minutes to an hour they could find many of the best Chicago specialist. They either chose not too, or insurance won't pay.

[enuf_already]

That's a new one on me. I'd love to see the evidence for this one.

It does make me wonder if maybe these "seizures" are not actually seizures, but pseudoseizures a.k.a psychogenic seizures or conversion disorder. In other words, not epilepsy or an electroclinical seizure.

If the child actually has epilepsy and these seizures are epileptic (it is possible to have both epilepsy and conversion disorder) then I can think of absolutely no reason to be walking a seizing child. This would put both the child and adult at risk for injury.