<s>[INST] My son is seriously ill in hospital he has seizure like episodes, excessive sweating, tachycardia, high blood pressure, vomiting, shuffling walking style when he was able to walk, stops breathing in these episodes and they last for long periods of time. Please help I m scared I m going to lose my son it s been going on for 5 weeks now [/INST] Hi,Thank you for posting your query.I have noted your son's symptoms.I agree with you that these could be suggestive of seizures.He needs to be investigated to exclude seizures. This can be done by doing an ambulatory electroencephalography (EEG), where EEG recording is done in ward or ICU setting.If an MRI brain has not been done, it should also be done to exclude brainstem disease. This is because his symptoms also suggest brainstem/autonomic dysfunction.In addition to using anti-seizure medications, a course of intravenous immunoglobulins should also be considered to treat his autonomic dysfunction.I hope my reply has helped you.I would be pleased to answer, if you have any follow up queries or if you require any further information.     Best wishes,Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)Senior Consultant NeurologistApollo Hospitals, Hyderabad,For DIRECT QUERY to me:   My blog: </s>