Precautions for senile epilepsy

When it comes to precautions for senile epilepsy, many people actually don't understand them. This is mainly because many people don't understand the disease of senile epilepsy in the first place. Senile epilepsy is actually a common disease among the elderly, but this type of senile epilepsy is actually different from ordinary people's epilepsy. Having said that, in many aspects, such as some symptoms of senile epilepsy, there are still many similarities between them and common epilepsy.

There are many symptoms of senile epilepsy. For example, patients with senile epilepsy often show convulsions of the limbs, body rigidity, etc. when they have an attack, which is very similar to general epilepsy. The precautions for senile epilepsy are actually mainly to assist in the treatment of senile epilepsy. So, let’s introduce in detail the precautions for senile epilepsy.

1. Patients with epilepsy should try to use less stimulant beverages. The caffeine contained in these beverages can excite brain cells, causing abnormal discharges and leading to epileptic seizures. Alcohol should be avoided as it can highly excite the nervous system and lower the threshold of epileptic focus, making it easy to induce seizures. In addition, it may cause trouble after drinking, resulting in personal injury or brain trauma.

2. Patients with epilepsy should not eat too much sweets. After eating too much sweets, a large amount of sugar will enter the blood, stimulating the body to secrete excessive insulin (a hormone that can lower blood sugar concentration), thereby causing blood sugar to drop quickly. Low blood sugar leads to insufficient energy in the brain and triggers epileptic seizures.

3. Of course, epilepsy patients should also pay attention to some irritating foods. Epileptic patients should not eat "irritating foods" such as mutton, dog meat, rooster, wild duck, carp, etc. Spicy condiments such as pepper, chili, mustard, onion, garlic, etc. should be appropriately limited. These things can induce epileptic seizures, so you should also pay attention to getting enough nutrition in your daily diet.

4. The most important thing is that patients with epilepsy should avoid being too hungry or too full, and should not overeat. Excessive hunger will lower blood sugar levels, and hypoglycemia often triggers epileptic seizures. After overeating, blood sugar levels will rise rapidly, insulin secretion in the body will increase, glucose metabolism will be accelerated, and blood sugar levels will be high at first and then low, with large fluctuations, which can also trigger epilepsy. Overeating and excessive drinking of water will overstretch the stomach, which can also easily trigger epileptic seizures. When patients suffer from diarrhea, vomiting, and severe dehydration, they should replenish water and electrolytes in time to maintain water and electrolyte balance and avoid inducing epilepsy.

There are many things to pay attention to in senile epilepsy, as we can see from the above introduction. The precautions for senile epilepsy are generally as follows: no sweets; it is best not to eat irritating foods; no overeating, no frequent hunger, etc. With such detailed precautions for senile epilepsy, it will play a certain auxiliary role in the treatment of senile epilepsy.