What to look out for in people with epilepsy, what to look out for in people with epilepsy

1. Daily life.

Patients with mental retardation and mental abnormalities should not be ridiculed, teased, or even beaten or scolded. The reasonable demands of the patients should be satisfied, and the unreasonable should be patiently explained without conflict. For patients who are unable to take care of themselves, their lives should be taken care of.

Those who are depressed and suspicious should be encouraged and led to participate in recreational activities or simple physical work, which can help stabilize their mood.

2. Go out. Seizures tend to occur suddenly, so patients should not drive a car and ride a bicycle strictly following traffic rules. When walking, you should use the crosswalk as much as possible. Stay away from water, roads and railways. Develop more normal habits.

3. Diet. Antiepileptic drugs can cause deficiencies in vitamin K, folic acid, vitamin D, calcium, magnesium, and other substances. Vitamin K deficiency can easily cause bleeding, so eat more fresh vegetables, soybean oil, and egg yolks rich in vitamin K.

Vitamin D, calcium, and magnesium are related to the growth of bones and teeth, and calcium deficiency is prone to aggravate attacks. Therefore, fish, eggs, liver, soy products, and milk rich in these substances should be provided during childhood. Folic acid deficiency is also associated with increased seizures, and folic acid is found in animal kidneys, beef, and green vegetables, but the cooking time should not be too long to avoid destroying too much.

It should also be noted that eating large amounts of sweets at one time and starvation can also trigger seizures.

Moderate consumption of tea, coffee, cola and other beverages does not have the risk of promoting seizures, but drinking large amounts of tea and coffee that is too strong can also induce epilepsy. Because these drinks contain more or less central stimulant substances, which reduce the ability to resist seizures and induce seizures.

4. Quit smoking and drinking.

Doctors have found a clear relationship between seizures and smoking in some patients. Nicotine has a significant effect on the constriction of cerebral blood vessels, so it seems that people with epilepsy should not smoke. Long-term heavy alcohol consumption can directly produce alcohol-toxic epilepsy.

Many patients have experienced epilepsy induced by alcohol consumption. Therefore, people with epilepsy should quit smoking and drinking.

5. Employment. Jobs that should not be chosen by epilepsy patients include airplane, motor vehicle driving, high-altitude work, work near water, work around heavy machinery, electrician, firefighting work, and dangerous work such as direct contact with strong acids, strong alkalis, and highly toxic substances. In particular, it is not advisable to choose occupations that may endanger the health of others during seizures, such as surgeons, firefighters, police officers, and ambulance personnel of sea agencies.

All branches of the military strictly prohibit epilepsy patients from enlisting in the army.

6、**。Epilepsy is divided into medication and surgery. Although new anti-epileptic drugs continue to emerge and their efficacy continues to improve, most patients need to take the drug for life and are troubled by the drug***.

At the same time, 20% to 30% of people with epilepsy have difficulty controlling seizures with medication, that is, intractable epilepsy.

Pay attention to the combination of work and rest to avoid overwork, pay attention to rest, excessive physical labor, excessive mental work, and strenuous sports can induce epilepsy. As long as they have a good psychological state, actively cooperate with doctors, and adhere to long-term problems, the vast majority of patients can basically live the same life as normal people. Eat a reasonable and nutritious diet, eat modestly, avoid being too full or hungry or drinking a lot of water at one time.

In addition, drinking strong tea and eating foods that contain a lot of caffeine, such as chocolate, can cause seizures and should be contraindicated. Then, quitting smoking and drinking, tobacco and alcohol can induce epilepsy, especially drinking alcohol is more harmful, chronic alcoholism can cause changes in the structure and function of the cerebral cortex, so that epileptic seizures.

First of all, patients should maintain good living habits in daily life, some unhealthy living habits can easily lead to epileptic seizures, so it is necessary to maintain healthy living habits, such as going to bed early and getting up early, not overworking at work and study, not playing video games for a long time, etc.

Secondly, a reasonable diet is also very necessary, to maintain a nutritious and balanced diet, a reasonable diet is very helpful for epilepsy**. Foods that can cause seizures should be avoided, and elements that are deficient in patients should be actively supplemented. In the time of epilepsy, it is necessary to choose the appropriate method, and now there are many methods of epilepsy, and when you choose the method, under the same conditions, you can give preference to the smaller method.