What are the symptoms of senile epilepsy

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In recent years, my grandfather's physical condition is getting worse and worse. When I visited him a few days ago, I found that his hands and feet had been shaking all the time. I took him to the hospital for examination because I was not sure. I said that he had senile epilepsy. Today, let me talk to you about the symptoms of senile epilepsy.

What are the symptoms of senile epilepsy

Symptom 1: there will be generalized tonic spasm attack, the case is completely unconscious, and will fall on the ground and vulnerable. It takes a few minutes from loss of consciousness to recovery, and uncontrollable spasms often appear on the limbs and face.

Symptom 2: symptoms before seizures often appear, somatosensory aura includes tingling, numbness, loss of sensation, etc. Visual aura includes seeing moving or stationary light spot, aperture, Mars, black spot, a mass of monochromatic or colorful things, etc.

Symptom 3: under normal circumstances, the patient's attack is characterized by transient loss of consciousness, usually only a few seconds, no convulsions, pale or red face, and the child's performance of turning around in situ, which is easy to be ignored.

matters needing attention

The elderly in the treatment of epilepsy drug dosage is very small, can also cause hyponatremia, with the increase of age is more obvious, so in patients with heart failure and the use of diuretics, we must pay attention to this problem.