Ear Infections Linked to Toddler Seizures?!

No, I have not heard of ear infections causing seizures, but I would guess that the ear infection causes the immune system to be weakened. I would think illness could make a child more susceptible to seizing if they are prone to seizures.

I understand how scary this is for you. I went through a similar thing with my son. Many children (and even adults) outgrow seizures so please do not give up even if your child goes on meds. Just do your research about the meds so that you can make an educated decision about which one and the dosage. Not all of them will make him sleepy. I would ask you to accept that much is out of your control so just take one day at a time.

My son was on medication from age 4 to 9, went off and was seizure free for almost 10 years but is back on meds again. The medication can deplete vitamin B6, which caused my son to be irritable. Once we learned this he began on a B-Complex at the appropriate dose and he is just fine! Would I rather he be off meds. OF COURSE, but that is not an option right now. I am trying to tell you...... just educate yourself and make the best decisions you can while knowing you cannot control the situation. Be positive. My son is fine and it is my great hope yours will be too!

I have a friend with a child with CP and he doesn't really tell them he is hurting either. He has had febrile seizures many times then stopped for several years then started them again at puberty. He was on daily meds then off for years and back on. They hate to medicate him, also. But the thought of more brain damage is way too scary. Sorry but the options are just the best of two evils.
He doesn't behave as well on them and doesn't learn as well. We went over there on New Years and he had had a grand mal that morning which stopped with meds under his tongue but they were sad because his med will be upped again.
All I can tell you is let everybody know to be very alert to his behavior and alert to signs of fever and illness. Every time you think he might be sick take him to be looked at. Their son has strep a lot so they make the doc do a strep test almost every time they go.
Hope you find answers.

My youngest has only had one febrile seizure and it was due to an ear infection. My pediatrician said to give him Motrin at the first sign of illness or fever to try and prevent it from happening.

Fevers often come with any type of infection because its the body's way of fighting the infection. So that's why it would happen. Please take your child to a chiropractor that works with kids for the ear infections and keep them off of dairy products!

This happened to a few people I know, all their kids had autism as well. Sometimes it was just sudden fever no ear infection, sometimes only ear infection only, but if it wasn't those two their adenoids or tonsils were swollen. They haven't had seizures in a while now so maybe just a season? I would suggest seeing an ear nose throat doctor just to see their opinion, and more research!

My daughter had what they called a febrile seizure. She had no fever at the time, but they said because she had a fever the week before, it was caused by the fever coming down.

Have you thought about getting tubes in his ears? Maybe if you could find a solution to the recurring ear infections, the fevers (and seizures) would stop. Maybe an ENT would be willing to place tubes in his ears which would allow them to drain so he wouldn't get the infections/fevers.

I have heard that autism, ear infections, and seizures are all related.

A friend's daughter last year had a couple of sinus infections, and an ear infection at the same time and she started having seizures.
It took them a while but they figured out she had all that at one time that it was causing her to have the seizures.
Got rid of all of them and the seizures were gone.

For me, I heard that the seizures can come with the high fever. If they are dehydrated, the seizure may come sooner than not at all.

Have you ever had him tested for environmental or food allergies? My son was 11m old when he got an ear infection the first time accompanied with a high fever of 102+. Took him to the dr. they gave hime amox. Took him home, realized he is allergic to penecilin. :(

Every 3 weeks for a year and a half he would get an ear infection and high fever of 103+. I was in the doctor's office so often, I called our room 'our wing'. Each time the doctors said it was just a virus. I could tell you how my week would go to the minute. I was up all day with him, and then working from home at night since he couldn't go to daycare for a whole week at a time (the whole fever free for 24h rule).

Finally one week his symptoms changed and were closer together. Then he broke out in hives. I had been keeping a food journal trying to figure out what was going on. I took him to the allergist and asked that he be tested for my top two culprits - pears and peaches. As soon as they gave him the pears test the spot swelled up! Turned out the daycare had served pears every other Wed. So he would get sick, get on meds that lasted 10 days, go back to school for 2 days, eat food that had touched pears and get sick again..

We removed pears and pear juice from his diet, and the ear infections stopped. It has been 8 years and he has only had maybe 3 ear infections since then.

Just a thought.