how do you fall when you are sitting down?

Canada
January 11, 2009 2:56pm CST
my daughter is so clumsy, we were in church and she was sitting on the bench and fell off, then she was kneeling on the stool and fell over, then the kids were asked to go sit at the front of the church where the preast talks from and she was sitting on the top step and fell down 3 steps. what a clumsy girl. are you or your kids this clumsy?
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• United States
11 Jan 09
Lol, I do get clumsy myself and it has happened to me before where I have fallen while sitting down. I don't know how that happened, but it just happened. Sometimes don't even ask, but I could be standing still as ever and I would still fall. So yeah I would guess that I am clumsy. Lol.
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• Romania
11 Jan 09
i don't think that i am so clumsy , but i have fall down some couples of time from my chair especially when i was sitting only on two feet's, but it was funny. have a nice day.
@ladybug565 (2216)
• United States
11 Jan 09
LOL! how old is your daughter? she sounds exactly like my daughter. (my daughter is 14) she is the clumsiest person I know!!
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• Canada
11 Jan 09
my daughter is 5 and always falling and running into stuff
• United States
12 Jan 09
mine has allways been that way since she was little. I told her I am going to make her a bubble suit. lol.
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• United States
23 Jan 09
thanks for the BR!
• United States
11 Jan 09
Wow. My first thought is that maybe your child isn't really clumsy and should see a Doctor. Balance is maintained by fluid in the ear. There are a number of things that can cause disturbance with balance related to this. For example: Middle Ear effusion. The middle ear is the space right behind the ear drum. Usually it's filled with air but it can become filled with fluid. This is not the same as an ear infection. An infection has fluid in the middle ear that is filled with viruses, bacteria or both. Middle ear effusion can come from past ear infections, blocked eustation tube, cold, flu etc. They may have mild or no discomfort but they may have some hearing loss and problems with balance and clumsiness. Labrynthitis and vestibular neuritis are another possibility. They result from an infection that effects the inner ear and nerve to the brain. These are usually caused by a virus and result in problems with balance that can be mild to severe. Permanent damage to the vestibular system can occur if not treated. Menieres Disease is another possibility. It is caused by abnormally large amounts of fluid in the inner ear called endolymph. 15 out of 100,000 people develope it every year. The cause isn't known. The theories of how it is caused include genetics, viral infection, allergies, auto-immune disorder. Attacks can last from 20 minutes to 24 hours. They can occur several times a week or be separated by weeks, months or years. They can have sudden loss of balance and be stumbling or drop attacks where they cannot help but fall down. I'm not saying of course that your daughter is even ill but I am saying that it's very, very possible that she could be and the clumsyness is her only symptom. It's worth having it checked out.