Lecture:Fatigue And Pain In Children

Question 1

Hi Dr I have just seen a 5 year old boy who is Mum reports as having these weird moments throughout the day where he will be suddenly will be talking and then he’ll suddenly stop stare blankly into space and then you’ll notice that he’ll start moving his fingers and smacking his lips and then suddenly after about 10 seconds the child will just continue on as if nothing happened do you know what this is referred to as

Answer 1

Ok so it sounds like your child is having absence seizures which are typically characterized by moments where the child stares blankly into space accompanied with some form of repetitive movements in this case repetitive movements of the fingers or smacking his lips together