Is epilepsy crazy What exactly is epilepsy all about

No. There are many types of epilepsy.

Trembling all over his body and foaming at the mouth.

Epilepsy is a chronic brain disease caused by abnormal electrical discharges of neurons in the brain. It is characterized by reverse, each attack is very short, and it is often sudden and unprovoked. Epilepsy is divided into idiopathic epilepsy and secondary epilepsy, the cause of idiopathic is unknown, and most of the causes of secondary epilepsy are clear, such as after traumatic brain injury, brain tumor, after stroke, after encephalitis, etc.

There are many types of epilepsy, such as the common generalized tonic-clonic seizures, which are manifested by the patient suddenly screaming, followed by loss of consciousness, falling to the ground, generalized convulsions, often accompanied by incontinence and trismus, which lasts for 3-5 minutes and then resolves spontaneously, and the patient often feels headache, body aches, and wants to sleep after waking up. There is also a type of absence seizure, in which the patient suddenly loses consciousness, suddenly stops what he is doing, is in a daze, slides to the floor with something in his hand, and does not answer the calls of others. There is also a type of seizure called automatism, in which the patient appears to have a disturbance of consciousness and will do actions that appear to have a purpose, but in fact have no purpose, such as repeated chewing, repeated coughing, or opening and closing the door aimlessly, etc., and cannot recall the details of the seizure after the seizure.

In addition, there are focal seizures, in which patients often have one limb twitch or sudden sensory deficit without loss of consciousness. In addition, there are many types of laughing epilepsy, abdominal pain epilepsy, etc. If you have epilepsy, you should go to the neurology department of the hospital to seek professional ** and take medicine to control the seizures.

Western medicine ** pathogenesis.

Western medicine divides idiopathic epilepsy and secondary (symptomatic) epilepsy into two categories according to epilepsy**. The former refers to this type of disease.

There are no structural changes or metabolic abnormalities that can explain the symptoms, but are closely related to genetic factors. Symptomatic epilepsy is caused by a variety of brain lesions and metabolic disorders, such as congenital diseases, prenatal and perinatal diseases (birth trauma is a common form of epilepsy in infancy**), febrile seizures, trauma, infection, poisoning, intracranial tumors, cerebrovascular diseases, nutritional and metabolic diseases, etc. The development of epilepsy is associated with abnormal firing of neurons.

While at rest, the firing frequency of a cerebral cortex pyramidal cell is generally maintained between 1 and 10 seconds, whereas in epilepsy, a group of pathological neurons can fire at a frequency of up to hundreds of times per second. The epileptic cell population is repetitively discharged at high frequencies, resulting in a large postsynaptic potential in the neurons directly connected to its axons, resulting in continuous propagation until the seizures are terminated by inhibitions (including the activity of epileptic peripheral inhibitory nerve cells, glial cell activity of excitatory substances, and the involvement of extralesional inhibitory bodies). Various forms of seizures occur depending on the route and extent of transmission.

Epileptic activity may involve only one area of the cerebral cortex and no longer spread, causing isolated partial seizures; Excitation is transmitted to neighboring neurons through the increase of extracellular potassium ions after discharge in the anterior or posterior gyrus, causing Jackson epilepsy; Epileptic activity is often transmitted from the cerebral cortex through descending projection fibers to the thalamus and midbrain reticulum, causing loss of consciousness, and then by the diffuse thalamic projection system to the entire cerebral cortex, resulting in secondary generalized tonic seizures.

TCM ** pathogenesis.

Traditional Chinese medicine considers epilepsy to be phlegm. The brain is the purest and purest intestine, which is gathered by the true qi, maintains the meridians, coordinates the inside and outside, and takes the main primordial spirit. If the brain is clear, the mind is clear, and the presiding is moderate; The brain is the sea of marrow, the subtlety of the water valley and the essence of the kidney.

The viscera of the pure soul likes to be quiet and vicious and disturbed, and it is easy to be false and real, which is the basis of its pathology. When the clear mind is disturbed, the original spirit is out of control, the divine machine is scattered, and the faint servant convulses; The sea of marrow is not full, the primordial spirit is not nourished, the brain is lacking, the trance is restless, and the eyes are dull. The heart hides the spirit, the kidney stores the essence and the main marrow, the spleen is in the middle of the coke, and the liver is the main drain and regulates the qi, which shows that the brain is related to the functions of the heart, liver, kidney, and spleen.

Congenital factors: Fate is subdued, or due to parental endowment or improper pregnancy and childbirth care, fetal gas is damaged, or the dirty qi is uneven, or the qi is reversed, and the viscera is dysfunctional. The spleen and kidneys are deficient and produce phlegm, and the liver qi is strong and windy. Phlegm turbidity endogenous Poor diet, excessive consumption of alcohol, alcohol, fat, and sweetness, damage to the spleen and stomach, loss of spleen health, accumulation of dampness and phlegm; Or the qi depression turns into fire, the fire evil refining into phlegm, the accumulation of phlegm in the inducement, the phlegm is turbid or reversed with the qi, or because of the fire, or with the wind, blinding the mind and mind, and the epilepsy syndrome, so there is a saying that "no phlegm does not make epilepsy".

Unclean diet, insects hinder the brain, and wind movement caused by insects is also the cause of epilepsy. Seven Emotional Disorders are mainly to blame for panic. Sudden panic and panic will cause the qi to be reversed, which will damage the viscera, and the liver and kidneys will be damaged, which will cause yin to not gather yang and produce phlegm and wind.

Damage to the spleen and stomach.

The essence of epileptic seizures is the abnormal discharge of nerve cells in the brain, simply put, there is a force in the human brain to prevent and promote discharge, and under normal circumstances, a good balance is maintained between the two When the force to promote discharge is too strong, or the force to prevent discharge is weakened, the balance between the two will be broken, resulting in the synchronization and propagation of abnormal discharge.

Our normal brain is discharging all the time, many of the functional activities of the brain are conducted through electrical signals, epilepsy is commonly known as "epilepsy", which is caused by abnormal discharge of brain neurons (all kinds of **), abnormal discharge affects the normal function of the body dominated by the brain, so it causes epilepsy. Of course, there are many causes of abnormal brain discharge, such as genetics, abnormalities of the brain itself (brain tumors, infections, trauma, etc.).

Epilepsy is a transient, refluxing brain dysfunction caused by abnormal overfiring of neuronal cells in the brain. This abnormal discharge, which the patient does not feel and cannot be seen by others, can be recorded by electroencephalogram.

At present, the cause of epilepsy is not very clear, and it is mainly related to infection, tumor, stroke and brain damage.

Epilepsy is a brain disease that contemporary people are very afraid of, every episode of epilepsy patients is caused by abnormal electrical discharge of neurons in the patient's brain, and every seizure of epilepsy will cause great damage to the patient, so we need to pay great attention to epilepsy, timely prevention and treatment of epilepsy, there are certain differences in the condition of each epilepsy patient, so there are great differences in the symptoms that are manifested, We can divide epilepsy into several different types, and there are significant differences in the symptoms of seizures of the same type of epilepsy.

The following is an introduction to the various seizure symptoms of epilepsy:

1. Grand mal seizures are also known as generalized tonic-clonic seizures, this type of epilepsy patients will have sudden symptoms of loss of consciousness when they have a seizure, and then there will be a generalized tonic-clonic spasm, the patient will be accompanied by urinary incontinence, bluishing, tongue biting, foaming at the mouth and dilated pupils, etc., this seizure will generally last for tens of seconds or minutes, and then stop the seizure, and the patient will enter the symptoms of coma after the seizure.

2. The seizures of epilepsy also include the type of absence seizures, the occurrence of absence seizures will lead to sudden interruption of mental and behavioral activities and loss of consciousness in the patient, and the patient will also be accompanied by myoclonus or automatism, the duration of this seizure is relatively short, generally only a few seconds, and the patient will not have any memory of his seizures.

3. The occurrence of simple partial seizures will cause the symptoms of convulsive seizures on one side of the patient's limbs or a certain part of the body, and the duration of this seizure is particularly short, and the patient will not lose consciousness when the seizure occurs.

In fact, epilepsy is a very serious disease, and it must be accepted in time. When epilepsy is severe, it may cause Duan Yun to become stupid. It can lead to a lot of complications in Suina.

Fainting, convulsions, foaming at the mouth, unconscious.

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When this disease occurs, it makes a sound like a sheep's cry, convulses, foams at the mouth, and is confused. This disease is caused by the presence of excitatory foci of brain cells.

The patient suddenly loses consciousness, falls to the ground, the muscles of the whole body are stiff, the head is tilted back, the lower limbs are straightened, the upper limbs are bent hard, the respiratory muscles are strongly contracted to press the air in the lungs out, the airflow passes through the larynx, and the breathing is temporarily stopped due to the rigidity and contraction of the respiratory muscles, resulting in a lack of oxygen throughout the body, and the face and lips are blue. This period of time is called the tonic phase, which is about a few seconds to tens of hailstones. This is followed by rhythmic twitching of the canopy, which is called the clonic phase.

Rhythmic twitching of the face and limbs: Sometimes the lips or tongue can be bitten by twitching of the muzzle. Contraction of the abdominal and bladder muscles can cause urinary incontinence.

Increased saliva production and excessive breathing can cause foaming at the mouth. This period generally lasts 3 minutes and then stops. After the plum stage, the patient is in a comatose state, and after more than 10 minutes, he wakes up with headaches, fatigue, or body aches.

Epilepsy can be manifested as sudden fainting, convulsions, foaming at the mouth, and the **currently preferred drug** for epilepsy**.

There are many causes of epilepsy, which are usually divided into two main categories:

1. Idiopathic (also called primary) epilepsy.

2. Symptomatic (also called secondary) epilepsy.

Primary epilepsy refers to epilepsy that has no manifestations of organic or metabolic diseases of the brain and cannot be found to have any cause. Secondary epilepsy is caused by a variety of brain organic lesions or metabolic disorders, such as: congenital brain dysplasia, birth trauma, hyperthermia, convulsions, head injury, brain abscess, brain tumor, encephalitis, cerebrovascular disease, poisoning, nutritional and metabolic diseases.

Congenital dysplasia: congenital hydrocephalus, caloscosacral hypoplasia, cerebral cortex hypoplasia, congenital cerebral palsy, chromosomal malformations, etc.

Epilepsy is divided according to the type of clinical seizure:

1. Generalized tonic-clonic seizures (grand mal seizures):

Sudden loss of consciousness, followed by tonic post-clonic spasms. It is often accompanied by screaming, bluish complexion, urinary incontinence, tongue bites, foaming or blood foaming at the mouth, and dilated pupils. After lasting tens of seconds or minutes, the seizures naturally stop and you enter a lethargic state.

After waking up, he has a short period of dizziness, irritability, and fatigue, and cannot recall the seizure. If seizures persist, people who remain in a coma are called grand mal status and are often life-threatening.

2. Absence seizures (petit mals):

Sudden interruption of mental activity, loss of consciousness, may be accompanied by myoclonus, or automatism. A few seconds to more than 10 seconds at a time. EEG showed 3 seconds of spikes or sharp slow wave synthesis.

3. Simple partial seizures:

Tonic, clonic seizures, or paresthesias in one part or one limb that are brief and conscious. If the seizure extends along the motor zone to other limbs or throughout the body, it may be accompanied by loss of consciousness, called a Jackson seizure. Temporary paralysis of the affected limb after an attack is called Todd's palsy.

IV. Complex Partial Seizures (Psychomotor Seizures):

Psychosensory, psychomotor, and mixed seizures. There are many different degrees of impairment of consciousness and significant thinking, perceptual, emotional, and psychomotor disorders. There may be automatism such as fugue and nocturnal wandering.

Sometimes, under the control of hallucinations and delusions, violent behaviors such as hurting others and self-harm can occur.

5. Autonomic seizures (diencephalic):

There may be headache, abdominal pain, limbalgia, syncope, or cardiovascular attacks.

Those with no clear ** are primary epilepsy, and those secondary to intracranial tumors, trauma, infections, parasitic diseases, cerebrovascular diseases, systemic metabolic diseases, etc. The time of examination should be decided according to the frequency of seizures, patients with particularly frequent seizures should be treated immediately and hospitalized**, patients with mild seizure symptoms and few times are generally the first dose of medication for one month, and then revisit every three months, so that the doctor can observe the condition in time and adjust the ** plan; If seizures continue to be frequent or if you feel unwell after taking the medication, you should seek medical attention immediately.