Symptoms and treatment of epileptic seizures
Epileptic seizures occur as a result of a malfunction in the electrical signals in the brain. Learn in this article the most important symptoms associated with epileptic seizures and how to live with them.
An epileptic seizure is a sudden malfunction of electrical signals in the human brain. These seizures cause changes in a person's behavior, movement, feeling, and consciousness as well. A person is often diagnosed with epilepsy when facing two or more seizures.
There are different types of epileptic seizures, the severity and severity of which varies according to the part responsible for the beginning of their occurrence in the human brain and from which parts these arise.
The epileptic seizure often takes from thirty seconds to two minutes, and the epileptic seizure is dangerous if it takes more than five minutes, as it is an indication of the necessity of medical intervention in this case.
Epileptic seizures are common among people of all ages, and may occur as a result of a severe blow to the head, a deep head wound, or an inflammation of the brain such as meningitis.
It is worth noting that epileptic seizures occur without any known cause most of the time.
Types of epileptic seizures
The types of epilepsy vary according to the place or part responsible for these seizures, the following are the most common types of epileptic seizures:
Focal onset seizures: This type of seizure can be referred to as partial origin, which means that it arises from only one place in the human brain.
Generalized onset seizures: Epileptic seizures arise in this type to include all parts of the brain. The following are the most common types of epileptic seizures of all origin:
Tonic tonic seizures: This type of seizure is accompanied by muscle stiffness, movement and tremors in the extremities. This type also causes unconsciousness for several minutes as well.
Unconsciousness episodes: this type of seizure lasts only for several seconds. This type makes a person with seizures repeatedly blink with his eyes or stare into space without any feeling.
Not tense epileptic seizures: a person feels sudden muscle weakness, a head curve, which causes a person to fall to the ground. These shifts last for fifteen seconds most of the time.
Epileptic seizures of unknown origin: These seizures are often unknown causes, and may happen suddenly at night or during sleep. This type does not have a classification for insufficient information on the location and cause of the origin of these seizures.
Symptoms of epileptic seizures
Sometimes you may not feel that the person next to you has a seizure, you may feel that he is just strangely stare.
On the other hand, there may be some symptoms associated with epilepsy that occur suddenly, the most important of which are:
Fainting for a short period (the person does not remember this period once the seizure ends).
A change in behavior, such as when a person picks up his clothes.
Butter comes out of the mouth.
Movement in the eyes.
Snoring sounds.
Loss of control of movement of the bladder and intestine.
Change in mood, such as sudden anger, fear, terror, or laughter.
Jerk all over the body.
Fall to the ground.
Feeling of a bitter or metallic taste in the mouth.
Dental occlusion.
Difficulty breathing for seconds.
Cramps and tremors in the extremities.
Some of the symptoms that can be felt immediately before the seizure
There are some symptoms that can be felt before an epileptic seizure, and are an indication that they will happen soon, such as:
Feeling of fear and anxiety.
nausea.
rotary.
Visual symptoms such as: seeing flashes of light, spots or points, or wavy lines.
Treating epileptic seizures
Epilepsy treatment depends on treating the cause of these seizures, complying with the doctor’s orders and undergoing treatment works to reduce these seizures and their associated symptoms. Treatment includes the use of the following methods:
Epilepsy medications.
Surgery.
Stimulation of the vagus nerve.
Follow a ketogenic diet.
Important advice for epilepsy patients
Although epilepsy has no definitive treatment for it, but a person can cope with epilepsy, here are some tips in this regard:
Tell your family and friends that you have these seizures, and also teach them how to deal with them
Making some minor changes in life, such as adopting public transport and walking instead of driving
Go to meditation and yoga classes.
There are some groups of people who also suffer from epileptic seizures, joining these groups helps to think positively and get rid of anxiety.
