5 year daughter "stressed out"

[mezwood]

my daughter has had 2 episodes both in the morning when she is very limp and non-responsive. She starts to gag and her lips turn blue. Her eyes don't focus and she will not talk. These episodes last for 30 minutes-to 1 hour. I've called an ambulance once and they gave her oxygen and sent her home within 30 hour of being at the hospital. They didn't do any tests of any kind. The explanation they gave me was that it was stress related and normal for children to react this way to stress. Is this anything I should worry about?

[Purple98Lady]

Hello,

I find it hard to believe they didn't do anything in a emergency room for an unresponsive child. Had the episode passed by the time she arrived there? This could be very serious esp. the gagging with regards to her airway. I would go to your Dr. asap and have her examined and inform him of these blackouts/seizures whatever they may be. I never heard of stress doing this in a child. Are you telling us everything? What kind of stress? Have your child see by your Dr. and for appropriate referral to a specialist. Good Luck


Purple98Lady

[mezwood]

Hello,

I find it hard to believe they didn't do anything in a emergency room for an unresponsive child. Had the episode passed by the time she arrived there? This could be very serious esp. the gagging with regards to her airway. I would go to your Dr. asap and have her examined and inform him of these blackouts/seizures whatever they may be. I never heard of stress doing this in a child. Are you telling us everything? What kind of stress? Have your child see by your Dr. and for appropriate referral to a specialist. Good Luck


Purple98Lady
The episode HAD passed before she got to the hospital. They gave her oxygen in the ambulance but no other tests were run when she got there. We were getting ready to move out of state when she had these. The 2 episodes happened about a month a part and it's been about 7 months since her last one.

[YankeeBeckham]

I agree with Purplelady that she should be seen. You might get farther with the primary care physician than you do with the emergency room since once the episode passes and they can see that its not a life-threatening situation, they're not really interesting in the diagnostics since its always so busy. If it happens again, I would definitely take her to the ER, but if you can get her seen by her primary care physician before then, that'd be ideal. I've never heard of that sort of reaction to stress before either. I think it'd be a good idea to rule out other things before coming to that conclusion. Even if it turns out to be stress-related, that's a pretty extreme reaction, and she should be treated for that. Best of luck!