This article is from the Epilepsy FAQ, by Andrew Patrick (andrew@calvin.dgbt.doc.ca) with numerous contributions by others.
Children are usually awakened by seizures that occur while they sleep.
Thus, a parent of a child with a known seizure disorder is usually
aware when their child has seizures during the night. Only in those
rare cases where a child vomits or experiences other problems during a
seizure is there a need to worry.
 
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