How is convulsion treated?

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Having enough sleep is what many people want, because sleep is a way to make people fully relaxed, but sometimes people have some tension in their sleep. For example, there are often some people in sleep suddenly awakened by a body shake. What causes this? Have you ever had a sudden convulsion in your sleep? In fact, this sudden twitch during sleep is called muscle jerk.

How is convulsion treated?

First: [muscle jerk] a rapid involuntary twitch of muscles, similar to an electric shock. The more serious muscle jerk is a kind of physical disease that will affect people's normal life, but physiological muscle jerk (such as burping, fatigue or muscle twitch when tense) also appears from time to time in normal people's life, which has nothing to do with their health.

Second: [sleep convulsion ≠ muscle twitch] "when I sleep, I suddenly twitch and kick my leg" is usually called "sleep convulsion". It refers to the sudden involuntary twitch of the whole body muscles when a person is about to fall asleep. In this process, it is often accompanied by a sense of free fall or even a vague dream, which may lead to wake-up. General sleep convulsions will not affect sleep, but if it is too frequent, it may lead to periodic limb convulsion disorder, turn into "convulsion", fall into the trouble of insomnia.

Third: [causes of convulsions in sleep] a theory holds that when an individual enters sleep from a sober state, his heart rate will slow down, his body temperature will drop, his breathing will slow down, and his muscles will relax. The reticular activation system is responsible for controlling this conversion process, and sleep convulsion may only be a side effect when the reticular activation system data is wrong.

matters needing attention

In fact, you don't have to worry. It's a normal reaction of the body. However, we still need to pay more attention. If this phenomenon often occurs, we need to do a good physical examination, so as to prevent it.