What are the symptoms of epilepsy

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Playing with her relatives and children, I don't know what happened to her. She suddenly fell to the ground and couldn't get up, twitched, and even foamed. After a few minutes, she returned to normal. Finally, I learned that she had epilepsy and learned more about it. Now let me tell you what the symptoms of epilepsy are.

What are the symptoms of epilepsy

First: generalized tonic clonic seizures: characterized by sudden loss of consciousness and generalized tonic and convulsions, the typical seizure process can be divided into tonic phase, clonic phase and late seizure phase. The duration of an attack is generally less than 5 minutes, often accompanied by tongue bite, urinary incontinence, and easy to cause asphyxia and other injuries.

Second, tonic clonic seizures can be seen in any type of epilepsy and epilepsy syndrome. Absence attack: the typical manifestation of absence is sudden occurrence, action stop, gaze, call it should not, may have blink, but basically without or accompanied by mild motor symptoms, the end is also sudden. Usually lasts 5-20 seconds, rarely more than 1 minute. It is mainly seen in children with absence epilepsy.

Third: ankylosis attack: it is characterized by the intense and continuous contraction of the whole body or bilateral muscles, muscle rigidity, so that the limbs and body are fixed in a certain tense position, such as axial body extension, back flexion or forward flexion. It usually lasts from several seconds to tens of seconds, but generally not more than one minute.

matters needing attention

The root of the disease is to determine the symptoms of patients themselves, so it is necessary to understand the necessary symptoms of epilepsy. Of course, patients should go to the hospital in time for treatment and make a comprehensive examination, so that their disease can be effectively treated.