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Staring spells recognized for the first time while the patient was falling asleep turn out to be absence ( staring ) seizures. Patient was treated with seizure medications and seizures stopped.
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The staring spells can be missed by families.Also it is unusual to get them diagnosed during a sleep study when you are falling asleep as they usually are recognized during the day.
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This page is a summary of: A Child Who Flickers Her Fingers while Falling Asleep, Annals of the American Thoracic Society, May 2017, American Thoracic Society,
DOI: 10.1513/annalsats.201611-923cc.
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