Children with a history of absence seizure must be supervised carefully while swimming or bathing because of the danger of drowning.
Many children outgrow absence seizures in their teen years.
Some children who have absence seizures also have grand mal seizures.
Compared with other types of epileptic seizures, absence seizures appear mild. But they can be dangerous.
Results 10 patients were found to have epilepsy of diverse types, including 9 cases of generalized tonic clonic seizures (GTCS) and 1 case of absence seizures.
