Baby epilepsy symptoms

Symptoms of epilepsy in babies can cause numbness in the fingers and foaming at the mouth, and may also be accompanied by drooling and purple complexion. It is recommended that mothers should take their babies to the hospital for examination in time. Baby epilepsy is a disease that can be cured if treated in time, but the mother needs to spend more time taking care of the baby and try to avoid the baby from experiencing symptoms of epilepsy.

What are the symptoms of neonatal epilepsy?

1. There are many types of epileptic seizures in babies, among which grand mal epileptic seizures are a more harmful type of epileptic seizure. When a baby has an epileptic seizure, he often suffers from a sudden loss of consciousness, followed by severe symptoms such as respiratory arrest, foaming at the mouth, cyanosis of the face, dilated pupils, and limb convulsions. Some babies with epilepsy may also experience symptoms such as tongue biting and incontinence. A baby's epileptic seizure usually lasts about 1-5 minutes.

2. Symptoms of a baby's minor epileptic seizure include unconscious chewing, smacking lips, drooling, blinking, and swallowing. Parents generally tend to ignore these subtle abnormal symptoms. Some children with epilepsy also have symptoms such as sucking movements, nausea, or abdominal pain, vomiting and loss of consciousness. Some children with epilepsy also have symptoms such as groping, walking, running, kicking, talking nonsense, smiling or laughing.

3. Baby's psychomotor seizure of epilepsy. When this kind of baby has an epileptic seizure, the child will show a sudden cessation of activity, and then have symptoms such as staring with both eyes and expressionless face. This kind of epileptic seizure can last from minutes to hours.

What are the dangers of epilepsy?

1. Impact on life expectancy: Some cases of epilepsy may occur suddenly, which may easily cause accidental injuries. In some cases, epilepsy may persist and endanger life.

2. Impact on other aspects: Some epilepsy attacks often affect breathing, blood pressure, pulse, etc., and cause damage to other tissues and organs.

3. Seizures can cause damage to the brain: Seizures can also cause memory impairment, decreased intelligence, personality changes, and increase the frequency of seizures.

4. Behavioral impact: Some patients with a long medical history often have strange behaviors, such as being taciturn, withdrawn, impulsive, angry, suspicious, etc.

What are the symptoms of neonatal epilepsy? No matter what the symptoms are, no matter how serious they are, we should go to a regular hospital for treatment, because early detection and early treatment will increase the chances of cure, but if the best time for treatment is missed, I believe everyone should know the seriousness of the consequences. I would like to remind everyone that you must keep an eye on patients with epilepsy in your daily life. Finally, I wish you all good health and all the best.