Patient's question:
The child is seven and a half weeks old. Since childhood, he has been prone to crying and getting angry, and his left-side coordination is very poor. For example, tonight while taking a walk, which was only about one kilometer, he dropped his phone twice to the ground. During the outburst, his left hand clenched into a fist. Since childhood, he has often fallen down. Every night, he drools a lot of thick, sticky saliva, and in the morning, his face is covered with white saliva marks. Every night, he makes sucking sounds. Is there something wrong with his brain? What tests should be done?He sweats a lot and is often very agitated, as if in pain. It's difficult for him to fall asleep at night, usually taking about an hour. On August 1, he urinated in his room at night, and the next day, I didn't notice. On August 9, 10, and 12, he got up around midnight to walk around. His eyes were wide open, and he walked to the window to look outside. When I held him, he tightly hugged my neck, clenched his left hand into a fist, and kept his right hand open. On several subsequent nights, he sat up but then fell back asleep quietly. The next day, he had no memory of it. During summer vacation, he sometimes watched TV for six hours a day and played computer games for 3-4 hours.
Today, the child had his calcium and trace elements checked, and both were normal. Every time he has an episode, he feels like he wants to vomit but can't.
Doctor's answer:
Based on the child's symptoms, epilepsy is an episodic disease. It is mainly caused by excessive abnormal discharges of neuronal groups in the brain, leading to episodic dysfunction of brain function. This brain dysfunction can manifest in various forms clinically, with the most common being the convulsive phenomenon that everyone sees. Through scientific and systematic medical treatment, 97% of epilepsy patients can be completely cured. Patients need to pay special attention to the selection of treatment methods, including oral medication and minimally invasive surgery.