On her Just As Well, The Women’s Health podcast, Gemma Atkinson recently revealed that her daughter was losing awareness and binge-out.
Gemma Atkinson has shared further details on her daughter Mia’s ‘scary’ epilepsy diagnosis after she started suffering from absence seizures. The TV presenter and former actress has two children with Strictly Come Dancing pro Gorka Marquez. Mia is their eldest, and has a younger brother called Thiago.
She recently revealed that her daughter was zoning out and losing awareness on her Just As Well, The Women’s Health Podcast. She is now receiving epilepsy treatment as a result. Your brain is affected and having seizures, according to epilepsy. Although it is incurable, a course of treatment is available to manage it.
An absence seizure, in which you lose sight of what is happening around you, is one type of seizure.
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In a new Instagram Story, Gemma revealed the timeline of her daughter’s health problems. She said: “Morning everyone, Just jumping on to address the recent headlines regarding Mia.
“Last month as I was recording an episode of my podcast, I mentioned her health while talking about a subject.
“Mia’s diagnosis was something we handled privately almost 18 months ago,” to put it in perspective. She’s not recently, but I’m happy to report that she’s doing just fine. She is flourishing and accomplishing all of her goals in life.
She continued, “I’ve received a lot of support and kind messages from people, but I don’t want to mislead people into thinking this is our current situation. I fully understand how you feel and any other families who have gone through or are currently going through similar things 18 months ago.
However, “There is hope at the other end of the tunnel.” Stay positive, as many children can develop seizures without having them, just like Mia has. Thank you once more for your kind words.
It comes after Gemma claimed on the podcast that Mia had “absence seizures,” which have since improved significantly.
Gemma continued, “When she learned the diagnosis, she went down a research rabbit hole.” When I was told, “Um, I need to research, research, research,” I went down the rabbit hole.
Mia’s doctor suggested trying a ketogenic diet. Epilepsy patients were specifically given the keto diet because it rewires their brains, Gemma said. The doctor advised me that putting her on a ketogenic diet might improve brain function.
“The improvement that we’ve had, I mean, we’re constantly monitoring, but she’s had nothing for the past six months,” she said.
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