Guest guest Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 My son had his first seizures at age 7 last year. We never knew what caused them, there were only about 4-5 of them and we were able to get him to " come to " by offering motivating things, putting cold water to his lips. He hadn't had any since about Nov. last year. We had also stopped eating tacos from a particular restaurant. We got tacos from that restaurant yesterday and he turned red in the face. We drove to speech therapy and PE class at his school and he was having some absence seizures during speech and tried to walk out of PE twice, which is not normal for him. When we got home, he got right on the computer and I told him no, his brother has to look some things up for homework. He got mad and threw my shoes at me (this aggression/violence had also gone away). I was getting out of the game and when I walked back into the livingroom, he was lying there face down on the floor. He had another seizure. I turned him over and quickly grabbed two capsules of charcoal and some water. I sat him up (while he was still out of it, eyelids fluttering) and put them in his mouth and fed him the water. He choked a little on the water and swallowed. Then he was awake. I kept an eye on him the rest of the day and called the restaurant to find out what exactly was in the tacos. The corn tortillas contained cellulose gum and fumaric acid and the chicken was flavored with a boullion called Knorr Suiza. (which, I am pretty sure contains MSG). I think this is what caused him to have the seizure. I am going to be much more careful to avoid all excitotoxins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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