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10 Conditions That Mimic Seizures in Children

 1 Breath Holding Spells - It is due to immaturity of autonomic nervous system & occcur in 2 forms  A) Pallid Breath Holding Spell - Reflex Vagal Bradycardia & Asystole B) Cynaotic or Blue Breath Holding Spell - Intrapulmonary Shunting & Prolonged Expiratory Apnoea 2 Neonatal Jitteriness & Clonus - equal backward & forward movements of limbs occuring spontaneously or triggered by touch or loud sounds  3) Motor Tics - Exacerbated by emotions & change in character over time . It may be simple or complex  4) Episodic Ataxias - recurrent truncal Ataxias & incoordination It is type 1 ( potassium channel defect) or type 2 ( calcium channel defect) 5) Spasmus Nutans - triad of nystagmus ,head tilt & head nodding  6) Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood - attacks of flaccid Hemiplegia affecting one or both sides in first 18 months of life  7) Day Dreaming & Behavioral Staring - Staring May be a manifestation of absence Seizure...

Passion

Most people erroneously assume that passion is what leads to success. And this is largely because we often hear successful people say "follow your passion, it's the key to success." And honestly, it sounds very reasonable the first time you hear it. Passion will presumably energize you , increase your determination, & make you immune to rejection. However, passion is not as essential to success as we make it out to be. Being passionate about something is not a guarantee that you are going to be successful in it. Yes, passion makes people take big risks in pursuit or unlikely goals, which seldom leads to huge success, But most of the time, it leads to a huge failure. Naturally, successful individuals want you to believe that success is a product of their intelligence and hard work, but they also try as much as possible to be humble, thar's why they attribute their success to passion. You can't be humble and say. "I succeeded because I am ...

The Swollen Finger

One year ago , As a part of Internship programme I was posted in Rural Hospital OPD when  a old man around age of 80 entered the room. As a usual question I asked in Hindi (as from his appearance & personality it took me no time to know that he belonged to Islamic community) “kya takleef hai chacha ?” He replied in calm voice “kuch nahi sahab machine aajkal bahot dard deti hai ”  Well at first I couldn’t understand what machine he was referring to so I asked  “konsi machine ?” With a little smile he said ,”Aur konsi yahi 80 saal purani jo aapke samne baithi hai ” That old man was referring himself as a machine so I said ,”Thoda tel~pani aur dekh bhal acche se kiya karo nahi dard degi ” Just after my sentence he started explaining how he & his wife manages their daily expenses with no help or support either emotional or financial from his only son. Stopping him in the middle I asked him to tell his medical problems & then  he started telling  his ...