Patient's question:
Child aged 8 years, had episodes in January and September 2013, both occurring in the morning around 6:00 while sleeping in bed: sudden loss of consciousness (while sleeping, in bed), tetanic convulsions, jaw clenching, without incontinence of urine or feces. Saliva was not obviously ejected, lasting for about 1 minute. On the same day, reported headache.Doctor's answer:
Hello, epilepsy is a clinical syndrome characterized by recurrent abnormal discharges of brain neurons, leading to temporary dysfunction of brain function. Clinically, it manifests as varying degrees of dysfunction in motor, sensory, conscious, autonomic nervous, and mental functions, or a combination of these. Medications commonly used to treat epilepsy include phenytoin, carbamazepine, ethosuximide, phenobarbital, and clonazepam, among others.