When to get emergency help after a bump on the head. Loss of consciousness: If your child isn't breathing, have someone call 911 while you administer infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) (if your child is younger than 12 months) or cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) (if your child is 12 months or older) until help arrives.
DEFINITION OF EPILEPSY. According to the Epilepsy Foundation of America, epilepsy is a physical condition that occurs when there is a sudden, brief change in how the brain works.
Epilepsy is a brain disorder that causes recurrent seizures if it is not treated. A child with repeated absence seizures is said to have childhood absence epilepsy or petit mal epilepsy. Absence epilepsy can begin at any time during childhood. Most often it starts between the ages of 4 and 15 years. In most cases, the reason for the seizures is unknown.