Foaming at the mouth after falling

Foaming at the mouth after a fall is one of the most obvious symptoms of epilepsy. Although epilepsy is not a disease with a particularly high incidence rate, its impact on patients is enormous and may even affect their physical safety and cause injury. There are many ways to treat epilepsy, and certain methods can also be used to prevent epileptic seizures in patients. Below, we will introduce you to the relevant knowledge about epilepsy in detail!

1. What is the reason for foaming at the mouth after falling?

This situation is considered epilepsy. Epilepsy is a chronic disease. If it is not well controlled, it can last for years or even decades. For this reason, many epilepsy patients are pessimistic about whether the disease can be cured. It must be pointed out that most cases of epilepsy have a good prognosis. Of course, there are a few cases of epilepsy that are difficult to control and the prognosis is not ideal. Patients with epilepsy should maintain an optimistic attitude, build up confidence in overcoming the disease, and must adhere to long-term treatment. They can stop taking medication only after a longer period of relief (at least 2 years or more). Commonly used drugs include carbamazepine, sodium valproate, and epilepsy tablets.

2. Treatment of epilepsy

The treatment of epilepsy can be divided into five aspects: seizure control, etiology treatment, surgical treatment, general hygiene and prevention. The most important thing is to control the seizures, and currently the main treatment is drug treatment.

In clinical practice, anti-epileptic drugs can be selected according to the type of epileptic seizure. Once the drug and dosage that can completely control the seizure are found, they should be used continuously. Generally, after the attacks are completely controlled, the drug should be continued for 3 to 5 years without adverse reactions before stopping. Currently, it is mostly advocated to use one drug, and only after it is confirmed that the single drug treatment has failed, the second drug can be added. If absence seizures or myoclonic seizures cannot be controlled by a single drug, a combination of ethosuximide and sodium valproate, or one of them plus a benzodiazepine, may be effective. For mixed epilepsy, drugs can be used in combination according to the type of seizure, but it is advisable not to use more than 3 drugs.

The medication should be started with a small dose and then gradually increased to the minimum effective dose that can control the attack without causing toxic reactions. When changing medication, the principle of adding new medication and gradually reducing the amount of old medication should be followed. Do not stop the medication suddenly.

Some epilepsy patients with organic brain disease may need to take medication for life; some people advocate that those who are over 30 years old at the time of onset should stop taking medication with caution, because their relapse rate after discontinuation is high and they need to take medication for a long time or for life. However, 10% to 15% of patients still have difficulty controlling seizures and can be treated with surgical treatment.

3. Measures to prevent epileptic seizures

1. To prevent the occurrence of epilepsy, a detailed family investigation should be conducted to understand whether the patient's parents, siblings, and close relatives have epileptic seizures and their characteristics. For some serious genetic diseases that can cause mental retardation and epilepsy, prenatal diagnosis or neonatal screening should be performed to decide on termination of pregnancy or early treatment. Preventing delivery accidents. Neonatal birth trauma is one of the important causes of epilepsy. Avoiding birth trauma is of great significance in preventing epilepsy.

2. Epilepsy patients should be diagnosed promptly and treated early. The earlier the treatment, the smaller the brain damage, the fewer relapses, and the better the prognosis. Eliminating or alleviating the primary diseases that cause epilepsy, such as intracranial space-occupying diseases, metabolic abnormalities, infections, etc., is also of great significance for cases of recurrent seizures.

3. Epilepsy is a chronic disease that can last for years or even decades, and can therefore have serious adverse effects on the patient's physical, mental, marital, and socioeconomic status. The misfortunes and setbacks that patients experience in family relationships, school education and employment, as well as restrictions on cultural and sports activities, can not only cause patients to feel ashamed and pessimistic, but can also seriously affect their physical and mental development. This requires all sectors of society to understand and support epilepsy patients.