Symptoms of epilepsy

I believe everyone has a certain understanding of epilepsy, mainly because the symptoms of epilepsy are quite scary, which will cause the patient to turn purple and foam at the mouth. Also, when epilepsy occurs, the patient feels like he is dying. However, after the attack, the patient automatically returns to normal. However, after recovery, it is recommended that the patient should undergo surgical treatment in a timely manner.

1. Generalized tonic-clonic seizure (grand mal seizure)

Refers to an attack of whole-body muscle twitching and loss of consciousness. Birth injuries, brain trauma, brain tumors, etc. are more common. Tonic-clonic seizures can occur at any age and are the most common type of seizure among all forms of epilepsy. Its typical attack can be divided into four clinical stages: prodromal stage, tonic stage, clonic stage, and recovery stage. During the attack, the EEG shows typical bursts of multiple spikes and spike-slow waves, and each spike-slow wave complex may be accompanied by muscle twitching.

2. Simple partial seizures

It refers to the symptoms corresponding to the function of local cortical discharges in the brain, including motor, sensory, autonomic, mental symptoms and signs. They were divided into four groups: ① with motor symptoms; ② with somatic or special sensory symptoms; ③ with autonomic nervous system symptoms and signs; ④ with mental symptoms.

3. Complex partial seizures

It is also commonly called a psychomotor seizure, accompanied by impaired consciousness. Auras often occur before or when consciousness is about to be lost, so the patient can still recall it after the attack.

4. Absence seizures (petit mal seizures)

It typically presents with a transient loss of consciousness without premonitory or postictal symptoms.

5. Status epilepticus

It refers to a single epileptic seizure that lasts more than 30 minutes, or epileptic seizures that occur frequently, so that the patient has not fully recovered from the previous seizure and another seizure occurs, with a total duration of more than 30 minutes. Status epilepticus is a medical emergency that requires emergency treatment.

How to prevent epilepsy

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 the characteristics of the seizures. For some serious genetic diseases that can cause mental retardation and epilepsy, prenatal diagnosis or neonatal screening should be carried out to decide whether to terminate the pregnancy or provide 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.

Drug treatment of epilepsy

What is the drug treatment for epilepsy? Is it effective? In fact, anti-epileptic drugs can only control the condition, and stopping the drugs will cause the condition to worsen. According to statistics, most patients have tried anti-epileptic drug treatment, and when they see a slight improvement in their condition, they believe that the drug treatment is effective. When their condition improves to a certain extent, they stop taking the drug. After stopping the drug, neuronal discharges rebound immediately, and their condition gradually worsens. If they take the drug again, the effect will not be obvious.

If you increase the dosage for this reason, after a period of time, the brain damage will be obvious, so serious that even when you are not sick, your mental state will no longer be normal. What are the obvious effects of epilepsy drug treatments? For example, many hospitals currently use anti-epileptic drugs for treatment, which can only control and suppress the disease from the surface. Any emotional fluctuations may lead to a relapse of the disease.