What are the symptoms of epilepsy

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Epilepsy, also known as epilepsy, has caused great harm to my physical and mental health. It needs long-term treatment to fully recover. Timely treatment is the key when epilepsy is found. Let's take a look at the symptoms of epilepsy.

What are the symptoms of epilepsy

Symptom 1: myoclonic seizure: sudden rapid and short contraction of muscle, which is similar to the body or limb shock like shaking, sometimes several times in a row, mostly after awakening. It can be a whole body action or a local action. Myoclonus is common in clinic, but it should be noted that myoclonus does not indicate epilepsy as long as there is myoclonus.

Symptom 2: spasm: it mainly refers to infantile spasm, which usually occurs very suddenly. The short-term trunk muscle and bilateral limb tonic flexion or extensional contraction are mostly manifested as paroxysmal nodding and occasional paroxysmal backward. The whole process of muscle contraction is about 1-3 seconds, often in clusters. It is commonly seen in West syndrome and other infantile syndromes.

Symptom 3: simple partial attack: clear consciousness, lasting for several seconds to more than 20 seconds, rarely more than 1 minute. According to the origin of discharge and the involved parts, simple partial seizures can be manifested as motor, sensory, autonomic nervous and mental, while the latter two rarely appear alone and often develop into complex partial seizures.

matters needing attention

The increase or decrease of drug dosage or the change of drug should be carried out gradually, and the drug should not be stopped suddenly, but under the guidance of doctors. Patients should do a good job in usual nursing measures, as far as possible away from some factors easy to induce seizures.