Using Ice to control/prevent seizures???

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Do other people find that they or their loved ones heads get really

hot as they go into seizure and then cool rapidly afterwards? This

invariably happens with my son who has `idiopathic' non convulsive

seizures. I assume that in his case, the temperature rises cannot be

explained by rapid muscular action.

This has long puzzled me but I have never found any references to

high temperatures and epilepsy save in non epileptic seizures i.e.

febrile convulsions in young children with seizures.

However recently I found

http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct/show/NCT00067210?order=3D6

[ which refers to an experiment last summer to assess a head-neck

cooling device to cool the brain and thereby stop or control the

onset of seizures] states that <This procedure is usually

accomplished through surgery. Cooling of the face and scalp may also

cool the brain, avoiding the need for surgery.

I also fond some interesting use of icepacks to control canine

seizures [ly, I have often wished my child was a dog…Vets'

accounts of the causes and treatments of epilepsy always seem much

more plausible than their human equivalents ie they are very diet

and supplement savvy.]

See http://www.canine-epilepsy-guardian-angels.com/icepack.htm

ICE PACK TO STOP SEIZURES

R<ecently in a prestigious veterinary journal, an article appears

that describes using an ice pack to stop seizures or avoid them

altogether. The idea of using ice to stop or avoid a seizure makes a

lot of sense. Most of our dogs get so hot during a seizure that

putting an ice pack on the small of the back (NOT the neck) could

stop or slow down a seizure>

---------------------- <It is as simple as applying a bag of ice to

the lower-midsection of your dog's back (the small of the back), and

holding the bag firmly in position until the seizure ends. The exact

area on the back is between the 10th thoracic (chest) and 4th lumbar

(lower back) vertebrae (bones in the spine); what this means is that

the top of the ice bag should rest just above the middle of your

dog's back, following along the spine, and drape down to the lower-

midsection of the back. To see a very good diagram of where the

thoracic and lumbar vertebrae meet on a dog's spine, go to:

http://www.infovisual.info/02/070_en.html

The ice bag should rest between the middle of the thoracic vertebrae

and the middle of the lumbar vertebrae.

With a properly sized ice bag, you should not have to worry about

being too exact: aim for the middle of the back, and the correct

area will be covered. Application of ice to other areas of the body

(head, neck, legs and other areas of the spine) was not found to be

effective. Ice bags on the middle of the back was the only area

found to work.>

It must be worth a try! Any comments and/or explanations of

tempertaure rises gratefully received.

Best regards to all, Liz