Question
The baby is two months old and was woken up by her father returning home from drinking beer last night. Since then, the baby occasionally opens her eyes or rolls them up, accompanied by a sound of closing eyes and grunting, but there is no body twitching. Is this a symptom of epilepsy or being scared?
Answer
Based on your description, the baby’s behavior should be categorized as a nightmare rather than an epileptic seizure. The characteristics of an epileptic seizure include sudden loss of consciousness, followed by severe tonic or clonic convulsions, often accompanied by screaming, blue face, tongue bite, vomiting of white or bloody foam, dilated pupils, and lasting for tens of seconds to several minutes. After the seizure, the patient will enter a state of coma. Therefore, there is no need to be overly worried, but it is recommended that your husband not wake the baby up at night to avoid disrupting his deep sleep.