Seizure after head trauma?

[sunflower68]

Hi abers just thought I would ask if anyone has any experience of this. My 13 year old son fell onto his head after an over-aggressive football tackle yesterday. Apparantly he suffered a 40 second seizure. He has never had one before. He had some brief memory loss and has concussion. Just wondering anyone else's experiences of this.

[Sqad]

Never have......but you haven't said when this happened and if he had medical attention and investigation.

[Brinjal]

My daughter fell off her horse and hit her head on the jump. She sat up immediately and spoke then started fitting eyes rolled back and she fell back. A few seconds later she sat up. She was quite dazed I took her to the doctor for a check up and she was ok. That was about 12 years ago. She has never had another episode since.

[SMP]

This happened to my daughter, playing a silly game where you fall backwards and your friends catch you, only they didn't catch her. Apparently she had a small fit lasting 30-40 seconds. Only thing was they didn't tell me until the next day, rushed her up the hospital, she was absolutely fine.

[seadogg]

Keep an eye on him. Someone I know very well had an accident in the school gym and broke the nose and hit the head as she fell unsupervised from a beam.

Before that there was no evidence of epilepsy but for the rest of her life she has been subject to seizures.

Just be on your guard in case..............

[lcg]

yup....my son got kicked in the head (accidentally) playing rugby. he also had a fit and suffered concussion as a result. nothing since (he's now 18 and 6 years post-incident). it's something that can happen post head trauma and is usually a one-off. i hope he is recovering now x

[sunflower68]

Oh thanks to all replies; I do feel better about it. He does too...was taken to a and e, had x ray and scan and all was ok. Very interesting to hear of other experiences. He has been fine, stayed off school but back tomorrow. It happened yesterday lunchtime.

[Sqad]

sunflower...thanks for the reply.......he should be fine now, but as the above posters have indicated, keep an eye on him.

[sunflower68]

Thanks Squad I will. Back from school today all seems normal again : )