How to care for patients with epilepsy?

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Epilepsy is epilepsy, but it's just a folk saying, how to care when epilepsy attacks? Epilepsy is a more terrible disease, especially in the attack when patients will appear mouth foaming, shivering symptoms, so the following share several attack nursing methods.

How to care for patients with epilepsy?

First, if the patient's mouth is open during epileptic seizure, it should be quickly padded between the upper and lower teeth on one side of the patient's mouth with wrapped tongue depressor or chopsticks, so as to prevent the patient from biting the tongue. If the patient has clenched his teeth, then do not use violence and hard objects to forcibly pry open his mouth, lest his teeth fall off, blocking the respiratory tract.

Second: remove the hard objects in time, quickly let the patient lie on the ground, and try to leave the road, stove, river bank and other dangerous areas. If there is no time for the above arrangement, if the patient is found to be in danger of falling, he / she should be quickly helped to fall down to prevent the patient from suddenly falling to the ground and injuring his / her head or limbs, causing fracture

Third: when the onset of respiratory secretions more salivation can cause respiratory obstruction or aspiration asphyxia and life-threatening, should let its head side to make secretions outflow, at the same time untie the collar and belt to keep breathing unobstructed.

matters needing attention

1. Epilepsy patients should avoid spicy food and sweet food 2. Epilepsy patients should eat less salt and drink less water 3. Eat less food with high zinc 4. Limit carbohydrate intake