Posted on 11/24/2011 2:43:02 PM PST by traumer
Yes. Seizures can cause dangerous drops in O2 levels
I’ll post some links for you sometime later on this evening you might want to read. Good info.
Oh, I know! I wear sunglasses on all but the most overcast days...they smooth out all of the "highs & lows." I'm sure people think I'm a goofball...they are my permanent headband..always on top of my head and ALWAYS on when I drive during daylight hours. No one told me to do that; I just figured out years ago that I was much better off wearing them when driving.
Status epilepticus (SE) has an annual incidence exceeding 100,000 cases in the United States alone, of which more than 20% result in death.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC137295/
Because we still have lives to lead...
When I was first diagnosed the doctores told me:
NO driving, NO swimming, NO baths, AVOID strobing lights, NO nightclubs, NO horseback riding, NO bike riding, NO, NO, NO....
At some point you decide you still have to go on living. The list of NO was crazy long.
Yea sinus allergies can damage the Inner Ear and often it isn't taken serious enough. I had that most my life and take shots now for it. The vision part is harder to catch. I was accused of not paying attention and looking off in class due too tracking. My dominant eye has bad vision. My good eye has bad astigmatism LOL. I can not use both eyes at the same time ever. It's one or the other.An eye doctor discovered that about me at age 8 or so. Most eye doctors miss it. I have too tell them I am only one eye functional. Both the Navy and Army missed it as well LOL.
If you had or still have problems like wearing out shoes real fast by breaking them over that points too balance and the Inner Ear. I could wear out any pair of shoes in a matter of a month. I have to wear corrective insoles now and my feet are distorted due to years of walking off balance. I had too take two years occupational therapy in 7th and 8th grade to deal with some of it. That helped enough that I could later pass the military entrance physical. I also have balance issues and a bad fear of heights. The fear is not phobic the fear is because the brain knows I have balance issues and triggers the response.
This one is a good article describing how it effects your everyday life such as trying to function doing issues like multitasking as well as learning issues. COGNITIVE ASPECTS OF VESTIBULAR DISORDERS
Panic disorder: the role of the balance system
Possible Symptoms of Vestibular Disorders I have 100% of the symptoms listed in here LOL. You can find a lot of good and more reliable info searching Vestibular sites.
With your stated history including family history you are a prime candidate for it. IMO much of this was not an issue several decades ago because the technology we have today in entertainment etc was not there.
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