What are the symptoms of traumatic epilepsy

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Because of a head injury, my cousin suffered from epilepsy. At that time, his behavior was abnormal. Later, he was diagnosed with epilepsy. Let's take a look at the symptoms of traumatic epilepsy.

What are the symptoms of traumatic epilepsy

Symptom 1: generalized tonic clonic seizure: characterized by sudden loss of consciousness and generalized tonic and convulsion, 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.

Symptom 2: absence attack: typical absence performance for sudden, action stop, gaze, call it should not, can have blink, but basically without or accompanied by mild motor symptoms, not only the attack is more sudden, the end of the time is also more sudden. Usually lasts 5-20 seconds, rarely more than 1 minute.

Symptom 3: ankylosis attack: it is characterized by strong and continuous contraction of the whole body or bilateral muscles, muscle rigidity, so that the limbs and body are fixed in a certain tense posture, 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. Tetanic seizures are more common in patients with diffuse organic brain damage, which is generally a sign of serious condition.

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. Usually family members should master the correct first aid measures when epileptic seizures, to avoid the occurrence of accidents in patients.