OTHER SYMPTOMS OF FOOD INTOLERANCE: EPILEPTIC FITS
There are two types of epileptic fit. In grand vial epilepsy, the sufferer falls to the ground unconscious, goes very stiff, and then jerks and twitches uncontrollably. In petit mal epilepsy, die sufferer does not usually fall, but simply stares blankly for a few seconds, and is unaware of external events. It is mostly children who suffer from petit mal epilepsy, and they usually grow out of it by their teens. Epilepsy is a disorder of the brain, in which one group of brain cells becomes over-active and sends out strong electrical signals that overwhelm other parts of the brain.
Children with severe migraine sometimes suffer from seizures, probably epileptic in nature. Studies at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London have shown that eliminating certain foods can help these children, and the seizures often clear up along with the migraine. So it is probably worth investigating the role of food in epileptic children, but only if they also have migraines, or some well-recognized allergic condition, such as asthma, allergic rhinitis or eczema. How foods might provoke a seizure is a mystery, but they may affect the blood vessels supplying the brain, as they are thought to do in migraine.
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