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Could it be a type of absence seizure?

Heidi

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From: " jinyang061629 " <yanglou@...>

> I saw my son shake his head in very high frequency for about a second

> and two, as if he was very angry. However, when I ask him, he did not

> even know he was doing that, and he was not angry. This happended once

> or twice before. Has any of you see this before? Does it has a name?

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> Thanks,

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I hope it is not. But I have to say anything is possible. It is new

to me, so I have no idea. He is continuing doing well. Has been like

that for quite some time. Teacher has been tell me that we are

having him in very sweet spot right now, not to change anything. So

it is hard to image that is seizure. From what I hear, when that

happens, the children deteriorate. I do feel that there is a med or

two can take off, or reduce though.

Thanks,

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> Could it be a type of absence seizure?

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> Heidi

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> From: " jinyang061629 " <yanglou@...>

>

> > I saw my son shake his head in very high frequency for about a

second

> > and two, as if he was very angry. However, when I ask him, he

did not

> > even know he was doing that, and he was not angry. This

happended once

> > or twice before. Has any of you see this before? Does it has a

name?

> >

> > Thanks,

> > Jin

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> > Responsibility for the content of this message lies strictly

with

> > the original author(s), and is not necessarily endorsed by or

the

> > opinion of the Research Institute and/or the Parent

Coalition.

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New Heat Technology Helps Asthma Patients

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It thins out airway muscle for better breathing, study finds

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WEDNESDAY, March 28 (HealthDay News) -- A new technology that uses

radio waves to burn off overgrown muscle in the airways of asthma

sufferers helped them breathe better, have fewer symptoms and use

less medication, researchers report.

The technique, called bronchial thermoplasty, now is being tested in

a larger trial that could lead to its approval by the U.S. Food and

Drug Administration.

" This is the first trial that shows a fairly remarkable response, "

said co-researcher Dr. D. , an associate professor of

surgery at McMaster University in Canada. " It also is the first non-

drug treatment for asthma to be developed recently. "

The report is published in the March 29 issue of the New England

Journal of Medicine.

With thermoplasty, doctors snake wires that can emit radio waves

into the lungs. These radio waves emit heat that can burn off some

smooth muscle in the airways.

The basic idea behind thermoplasty is that " smooth muscle sits

around the airway, and when it contracts it makes the airway

narrower, " explained. " When the amount of muscle is reduced

and it is triggered to contract, there is nothing to contract. "

The trial included 112 people with moderate to severe asthma. Half

underwent three sessions of thermoplasty; the other half had their

usual drug treatment.

One year later, air flow was much better in patients receiving

thermoplasty -- 39 liters per minute compared to 8.5 liters per

minute for those getting standard treatment.

The thermoplasty group also reported an average of 40 symptom-free

days, compared to 17 for the others, with fewer asthma symptoms and

less medication used.

" Now a second trial, which uses information from this one, moves

forward, " said. " It is similar to the first trial except that

it will use a sham procedure in the control arm. "

Full enrollment of 350 asthma patients for the new trial has been

completed, said Dr. Elliot Israel, an associate professor of

medicine at Harvard Medical School and a member of the research

group. " They are in different phases of treatment, with some on

their second or third sessions, " Israel said. The participants will

be followed for up to two years to assess the results of the

treatment.

The therapy may also produce other beneficial effects besides just

giving air more space to move in, Israel said. " Living muscle cells

produce chemicals and biological signals that increase

inflammation, " he said. " It may also change some of the dynamics of

connective tissue in the airway. "

One important aspect of the method is that it has turned attention

back to the role of muscle tissue in asthma, which has been more or

less ignored for many years, said G. Irvin, director of the

Vermont Lung Center of the University of Vermont and co-author of an

accompanying editorial. Attention has been focused on immunology and

inflammation, rather than on airway muscle, he said.

Thermoplasty may not be the best way to affect that muscle tissue,

Irvin said. " The current procedure is not trivial, " he said. " The

patient must come in three times, and there is risk every time you

do a bronchoscopy. "

The editorial proposes other possible methods, such as drugs that

would paralyze muscles in the airways or delete muscle chemically.

" But the more important thing is that this procedure improves

outcome, " Irvin said. " That is exciting. It makes us rethink

conventional wisdom. "

Thermoplasty ultimately may be especially useful for asthma

sufferers whose problem is severe enough to bring them to the

emergency room, Irvin said.

" Maybe we can learn to do this in a less invasive way, "

said. " Right now, it is a pretty stunning intervention with good

results. "