Causes of epilepsy in the elderly

summary

There is no premonition before the onset of epilepsy, cramps, vomiting, limb stiffness, after the onset of pain, want to sleep, weakness. Took a lot of medicine, the body recovers gradually, the reason that suffers from epilepsy to old age? Do you know anything about this? Now let's talk about the causes of epilepsy in the elderly.

Causes of epilepsy in the elderly

Etiology 1: improper diet: uncontrolled diet, overeating, anorexia is one of the important reasons for the formation of epilepsy. For example, often eating too much fat food, overeating, eating too much cold and unhygienic food, etc., may become the cause of disease. Traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to diet and believes that the spleen and stomach are the foundation of the day after tomorrow. The nutrition needed by the human body depends on the transportation of Qi and blood in body fluid, and all of these depend on the function of the spleen and stomach. Excessive diet, easy to cause transportation of dereliction of duty, accumulation of phlegm, blinding the mind, is likely to cause epilepsy.

Cause 2: brain injury: brain injury caused by accidents and birth injury of children may induce epilepsy. Closed brain injury is mainly caused by traffic accidents, falls, falls and other injuries. In wartime, it can be seen in the high pressure air wave impact injury caused by the back pressure injury of fortifications or explosion. All of them were directly or indirectly injured by violence.

Cause 3: excessive use of brain: excessive use of brain will inevitably lead to brain loss, mental loss, too much physical labor intensity, often make people weak. In these cases, pathogenic factors are easy to invade. Excessive brain use refers to mental workers, who are dizzy, hearing loss, ear shell fever, limb fatigue, drowsiness or drowsiness, unable to concentrate, memory loss, thinking less agile, slow reaction, nausea and vomiting. They read for a long time but don't understand the meaning.

matters needing attention

After epileptic seizures, the consciousness of patients is often vague, and there will be purposeful actions or behaviors. In this case, while doing a good job of epilepsy nursing, we should avoid excessively limiting the activities of patients, which will lead to aggressive behaviors of patients.