X FACTOR victor Sam Bailey sparked interest arsenic she shared pictures of lad covered successful bruises successful infirmary aft an ambulance dash.
The singer, 47 - who took portion successful the ITV singing amusement successful 2013 - took to Instagram to rise consciousness of epilepsy month.
Sam's lad Tommy, 15, has the information of the encephalon - which tin disrupt the electrical connection betwixt neurons successful the tense system.
The TV prima shared what it has been similar for her lad and the remainder of their family.
She shared the world of having the information with pictures of Tommy being helped by paramedics and him successful hospital.
Sam captioned the post: "This period is epilepsy consciousness month!
"So present I am, showing you however traumatic it has been for america the past year!
"Anyone who needs to recognize epilepsy, conscionable cognize this… arsenic a household we are similar sitting ducks everyday, wondering erstwhile helium volition person his next one.
"He is connected medicine successful which we person to administer doubly a day, Tommy volition hide if we don’t physically enactment it successful his mouth.
"He gets tired, helium gets frustrated with maine wrapping him successful fabric wool but that is each I cognize however to do.
"Our youngest can’t adjacent beryllium successful the aforesaid country arsenic him unsocial arsenic she is petrified that helium whitethorn person different seizure.
"We interest each 2nd of each time and yet Tommy conscionable takes it each successful his stride!
"This is our “normal” I would similar to accidental a immense Thank you to @emasnhstrust and @youngepilepsy for being astonishing and Tom’s epilepsy nurses and advisor , without of which I would beryllium loosing my marbles astir astir now!"
Back successful February Sam gave fans a health update.
She wrote connected Instagram: "My handsome lad this morning eating his brekkie earlier school! I’m conscionable sitting present watching him and reflecting connected retired clip the past fewer months.
"Here helium is wearing his epilepsy ticker which we person had to bargain since helium had respective seizures successful December.
What is epilepsy
What is epilepsy?
Epilepsy is simply a information of the encephalon which tin disrupt the electrical connection betwixt neurons successful the tense system.
This often leads to seizures, a abrupt lawsuit that tin alteration a person’s awareness, behaviour oregon feeling.
The information is typically diagnosed erstwhile a idiosyncratic has 2 oregon much unprovoked fits separated by astatine slightest 24 hours.
Epilepsy tin statesman astatine immoderate age, but it tends to impact radical either successful aboriginal puerility oregon who are older than 60.
National Epilepsy Week began connected May 20, 2019, and runs done to May 26, 2019.
The run is focused connected tonic clonic seizures arsenic these are the benignant of seizure that are astir easy recognised.
Epilepsy Society’s caller run gives radical 3 elemental but cardinal instructions to retrieve successful an emergency: “Calm, Cushion, Call.”
"It’s been a precise scary clip for america particularly witnessing a VERY atrocious seizure connected Christmas Day.
"Having autism has made it a batch harder arsenic Tommy doesn’t similar alteration and each of a abrupt we are watching him perpetually and fussing implicit him truthful overmuch much and this has been excessively overmuch for him astatine times.
"We don’t cognize what has caused them, we don’t cognize erstwhile different 1 volition happen.
"We person each done probe connected seizures and person had tons of advice.
"Trying not to beryllium “google doctors” but it’s truthful hard erstwhile you don’t cognize what is causing your lad truthful person these horrendous seizures truthful suddenly.
What are the symptoms?
What are the symptoms of epilepsy?
The effects of epilepsy are astir disposable erstwhile a sufferer experiences a seizure.
Fits alteration successful severity and tin beryllium partial oregon generalised, epileptic radical tin conflict these episodes erstwhile they’re awake oregon asleep.
The NHS reveals the main symptoms of partial seizures, which include:
a wide unusual feeling that is hard to describe
a "rising" feeling successful your tummy – sometimes likened to the sensation successful your tummy erstwhile connected a fairground ride
an aggravated feeling that events person happened earlier (déjà vu)
experiencing an antithetic odor oregon taste
a tingling sensation, oregon "pins and needles", successful your arms and legs
a abrupt aggravated feeling of fearfulness oregon joy
stiffness oregon twitching successful portion of the body, specified arsenic an limb oregon hand
The National Health Service warns that these signs could beryllium aboriginal warnings that different benignant of acceptable is imminent.
Complex partial seizures are besides signs of epilepsy, arsenic they origin your consciousness of consciousness and representation to go distorted.
The NHS claims that symptoms tin include:
smacking your lips
rubbing your hands
making random noises
moving your arms around
picking astatine clothes
fiddling with objects
adopting an antithetic posture
chewing oregon swallowing
Although fits tin beryllium a tell-tale grounds of epilepsy, non-epileptic seizures whitethorn constituent to different conditions, including diabetes.
"I privation to convey the ambulance crews and doctors that person been astonishing with him.. let’s anticipation we get immoderate answers soon."
Back successful 2022 Sam opened up astir her lad being diagnosed with autism two years prior.
When helium was initially diagnosed, Sam opened up astir being wracked with guilt over the mode she's treated her son.
Sam shares her 3 kids Tommy, Brooke, and Miley with hubby Craig Pearson.
The mum-of-three won the tenth bid of the ITV singing amusement successful 2013.
She's released 2 albums - The Power of Love and Sing My Heart Out - implicit the years.
The prima has go a immense theatre name.
She's appeared successful assorted shows including Chicago, Beauty and the Beast, Fat Friends and Now That's What I Call a Musical.