What are the early symptoms of epilepsy in children

Hello friends, the symptoms of epilepsy can be mainly divided into grand mal seizures, petit mal seizures, psychomotor seizures, localized seizures and complex partial seizures according to the seizure situation.

1) Grand mal seizures, also known as generalized seizures, are aura, such as dizziness, confusion, epigastric discomfort, and audio-visual and olfactory disturbances. During the seizure (spasmodic seizure period), some patients first make a sharp scream, and then have both loss of consciousness and fall, there is muscle rigidity of the whole body, breathing pause, head and eye can be deviated to one side, a few seconds later, there are clonic convulsions, the convulsions gradually worsen, lasting dozens of seconds, the clonic period of breathing resumes, and the mouth foams at the mouth (such as the tongue is bitten and blood foams). Some patients have incontinence, flaccid convulsions, or lethargy (lethargy), after which consciousness gradually returns.

2) small seizures, which can be transient (5 to 10 seconds) with impaired or loss of consciousness without generalized spasms. There may be multiple seizures per day, sometimes rhythmic blinking, head lowering, direct eyes, and upper limb twitching.

3) Psychomotor seizures (also known as complex partial seizures), which can be manifested as sudden, confused, irregular and uncoordinated movements (such as sucking, chewing, seeking, shouting, running, struggling, etc.). The patient's actions are unmotivated, aimless, blind, and impulsive, and the seizures last for hours, sometimes for days. The patient has no memory of the seizure.

4) Localized seizures, generally seen in patients with organic damage to the cerebral cortex, manifested as episodic jerks or paresthesias at the corners of the mouth, fingers or toes on one side, which can spread to one side of the body. When seizures involve both sides of the body, they can manifest as grand mal seizures.

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Epilepsy, commonly known as "epilepsy" or "epilepsy", is a chronic disease in which neurons in the brain suddenly and abnormally discharge, resulting in transient brain dysfunction.

Symptoms of epilepsy:

2. There are two manifestations of petit mal seizures, one is absence petit mal seizures, and the second is myoclonus petit mal seizures. Minor seizures of absence are manifested as stunned, unable to breathe, speech interrupted, and if there is something in the hand, it will fall, and the duration is about tens of seconds. Myoclonus petit seizures are characterized by transient myoclonus of the face, upper extremities, and neck.

3. Localized seizures: transient convulsions or numbness on one side of the face or one side of the body. Sometimes these tics extend from the ends of the limbs to the opposite side.

4. Psychomotor seizures, similar to small seizures of absence seizures, but they will last for a long time, hallucinations, delusions, and some unconscious actions such as chewing, sucking, etc.

1.During a seizure, quickly place the patient on his or her back without a pillow and place a gauze-wrapped tongue depressor (or toothbrush handle) between the upper and lower teeth to prevent the patient from biting the tongue themselves. The collar is then loosened and the patient's head is tilted to one side to allow oral secretions to flow out on their own, preventing saliva from entering the airway and causing aspiration pneumonia.

At the same time, the patient's jaw should be held up to prevent the tongue from blocking the trachea due to the socket neck.

2.Prodromal symptoms are general malaise, irritability, irritability, depression, poor mood, and frequent pickiness or complaints about others in the hours or days leading up to a major attack. The so-called aura symptoms refer to hallucinations, delusions, automatisms, or local myoclonic tics that occur in the patient within a few seconds before a major mal seizure.

Some psychomotor episodes may also present with prodromal symptoms similar to those of a grand mal seizure.

3.If symptoms that are a sign of grand mal seizures are detected, it indicates that the patient may have a grand mal seizure in a few hours or days. On the one hand, it is necessary to do a good job of psychological care to help patients stabilize their emotions and avoid causing trouble; On the other hand, the dose of the original antiepileptic drug can be temporarily increased, or the necessary amount of diazepam or phenobarbital can be temporarily added to the original drug to prevent seizures.

4.If the patient's seizures last more than half an hour, he or she is classified as status epilepticus and should be taken to hospital for treatment. At the same time, the trigger of the seizure should be identified, the trigger of the seizure should be found, and the next episode should be avoided as much as possible.

There are many forms of manifestation, different types of seizures, and different early symptoms. Most children present with convulsions, and a small number of children may present with nodding and limb shaking. Once the child has abnormal manifestations that are different from usual, such as nodding, stunned, limb shaking, etc., he should go to the hospital for treatment in time for electroencephalogram examination to confirm the diagnosis.

Early symptoms of childhood epilepsy include this absence seizure. Manifested by a brief loss of consciousness, no falling, no convulsions. During the seizure, the child interrupts normal activities, is still and speechless, stares with both eyes, and the things in his hands such as toys, dishes and chopsticks can be lost from the hands, and there is no memory after the seizure.

The most easily recognized form of seizures by the common people is sudden loss of consciousness, twitching of limbs, and trismus, which is commonly known as "epilepsy". However, some epilepsy is less "typical" and may present with brief confusion with mouth chewing and hands and feet groping. It can also be hazy, paused, or fixed in a position.

Other patients present with a sudden fall without any aura. These symptoms can last from a few seconds to more than ten minutes each time, and then relieve themselves, but they are reversed, and each time the form is the same or similar, as few as a few times a year, and most of them occur every day.

Before the seizure, patients had symptoms such as dizziness and gastric discomfort in the premonitory stage, and severe seizures showed sudden loss of consciousness, apnea, twitching of limbs, clenching of both hands, rolling or black eyes, turning to the side, bluish complexion, foaming at the mouth, and urinary incontinence with tongue bite.

1. Crying and laughing impermanence:

Children often cry and laugh impermanently, so many mothers don't care too much, thinking that it is the child's play, but they don't know that the child has no reason, suddenly giggles, laughs for a while and then suddenly stops, this manifestation may be an early symptom of pediatric epilepsy.

2. Meal-induced petit mal seizures:

Some pediatric epilepsy patients often break the dishes and chopsticks when eating, and the seizure time is only a few seconds, and this symptom is often mistaken for carelessness.

3. Sudden vomiting:

The early symptoms of some pediatric epilepsy are twitching at the corners of the mouth when reading aloud, and if the reading does not stop, the symptoms of convulsions will be more obvious, and this symptom is only when reading aloud, and there will be no convulsions when reading a book.

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1. Sudden vomiting, the child is doing a certain activity, but suddenly wants to vomit, vomiting for a few minutes, and then starts the previous activity again, as if nothing happened, in this case, mothers will mistake it for a digestive tract disease.

2. Reading seizures and reflex seizures. Some early signs of pediatric epilepsy are the symptoms of twitching at the corners of the mouth when reading aloud, if the reading does not stop, then the symptoms of convulsions will be more obvious, and this symptom is only when reading aloud, and there will be no convulsions when reading a book.

3. Crying and laughing are impermanent. Children are often crying and laughing, so many mothers don't care too much, thinking that it is the child's play, but they don't know that the child has no reason, suddenly giggles, laughs for a while and then suddenly stops, this manifestation may be an early sign of pediatric epilepsy.

4. Meal-induced petit mal seizures. Some pediatric epilepsy patients often break the dishes and chopsticks when eating, and the seizure time is only a few seconds, and this symptom is often mistaken for careless mistakes.