What are the symptoms of epilepsy in two-month-old babies?

Epilepsy is a common and serious disease. Some children may show symptoms of epilepsy shortly after birth. At this time, it is necessary to treat it in time to avoid more adverse effects on the child's future. When a two-month-old baby has epilepsy, it may cause excessive sweating on the head. In addition, the baby may like to shake his head, often wake up in his sleep, always feel irritable, and severe cases may lead to coma, etc.

What are the symptoms of epilepsy in a two-month-old baby? The main symptoms of epilepsy in babies are as follows:

Early symptoms of epilepsy in babies aged one or two months : In the early stages of childhood epilepsy, the child's head sweats excessively during feeding and sleeping. Excessive sweating causes local irritation, so the child likes to shake his head. When shaking the head, the pillow is rubbed, which causes hair loss over time. In addition, the child becomes irritable and easily wakes up during sleep.

2. The pre-epileptic symptoms of a two-month-old baby will last for a few minutes at most and then stop. The patient will fall asleep at this time, and when he wakes up, he will forget the situation when the disease occurred. He will also experience temporary fatigue, irritability, and dizziness . If the attack cannot be stopped or the patient remains in a coma, the situation is often life-threatening.

3. Baby's epileptic seizures and absence seizures are characterized by brief disturbances of consciousness that occur suddenly and stop suddenly, without twitching. During an attack, the child patient will remain motionless, his face will be slightly pale, speech activities will cease, his hands will be unable to hold objects, and sometimes he will be unable to stand steadily. Onset usually occurs after 2 to 10 minutes.

4. Baby's grand mal seizures : Common forms of grand mal seizures, absence seizures and psychosis. Grand mal seizures have the highest incidence rate. During an attack, there is sudden loss of consciousness, breathing stops, foaming at the mouth, and twitching of the limbs. They may be accompanied by tongue biting and urinary incontinence (uncontrolled urination). They last for 1 to 5 days, and the patient falls asleep after the twitching stops. Headache and weakness after waking up, and no memory of the seizure are symptoms of epilepsy in children.

The above article has clearly introduced the symptoms of epilepsy in two-month-old babies. I believe that after the above introduction, everyone now has some understanding of the symptoms of baby epilepsy. When a baby has an epileptic seizure, the patient's physical and mental health is troubled by many adverse factors. Therefore, it is very necessary for parents to pay attention to the prevention and treatment of baby epilepsy.