Guest guest Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 How can I know if he's having a seizure in his bedroom? Would apulse ox work due to changes in heart rate and/or breathing to notify me ofa seizure? Cindy, Yes, I use a pulse ox monitor at nite when Chelsea is having increased seizures. Usually the stiffening and movement alone is enough to cause it to alarm (and,yes, there are many false alarms), but her heart rate will skyrocket going into the seizure and then plummet coming out, she also tends to get cyanotic with stronger seizures. HTH e, Chelsea's mom(nonspecific mito) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 Thanks for the feedback, e. I'd like to get one of those.. The neuro doesn't think it's necessary. UGH.. -----Original Message-----From: jayvelde@... Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 12:24 PMTo: Mito Subject: Re: seizure question How can I know if he's having a seizure in his bedroom? Would apulse ox work due to changes in heart rate and/or breathing to notify me ofa seizure? Cindy, Yes, I use a pulse ox monitor at nite when Chelsea is having increased seizures. Usually the stiffening and movement alone is enough to cause it to alarm (and,yes, there are many false alarms), but her heart rate will skyrocket going into the seizure and then plummet coming out, she also tends to get cyanotic with stronger seizures. HTH e, Chelsea's mom(nonspecific mito) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 Thanks for the feedback, e. I'd like to get one of those.. The neuro doesn't think it's necessary. UGH.. -----Original Message-----From: jayvelde@... Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 12:24 PMTo: Mito Subject: Re: seizure question How can I know if he's having a seizure in his bedroom? Would apulse ox work due to changes in heart rate and/or breathing to notify me ofa seizure? Cindy, Yes, I use a pulse ox monitor at nite when Chelsea is having increased seizures. Usually the stiffening and movement alone is enough to cause it to alarm (and,yes, there are many false alarms), but her heart rate will skyrocket going into the seizure and then plummet coming out, she also tends to get cyanotic with stronger seizures. HTH e, Chelsea's mom(nonspecific mito) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 Thanks for the feedback, e. I'd like to get one of those.. The neuro doesn't think it's necessary. UGH.. -----Original Message-----From: jayvelde@... Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 12:24 PMTo: Mito Subject: Re: seizure question How can I know if he's having a seizure in his bedroom? Would apulse ox work due to changes in heart rate and/or breathing to notify me ofa seizure? Cindy, Yes, I use a pulse ox monitor at nite when Chelsea is having increased seizures. Usually the stiffening and movement alone is enough to cause it to alarm (and,yes, there are many false alarms), but her heart rate will skyrocket going into the seizure and then plummet coming out, she also tends to get cyanotic with stronger seizures. HTH e, Chelsea's mom(nonspecific mito) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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