Patient's question:
My child at home suffers from childhood epilepsy. I would like to know what are the main manifestations of petit mal seizures?Doctor's answer:
The symptoms of minor seizures in children also include the following:1. Absence with atonic seizure: Absence accompanied by sudden loss of general muscle tone, causing falls and resulting in injuries to the forehead, nose, or jaw.
2. Recovery is often quick after falls, also known as drop attacks. Sometimes the is mild, with only the head nodding slightly, referred to as "head-nodding attacks." Absence with postural tonic increase: Accompanied by brief tonic contractions of one or both limbs.
3. Absence with automatisms: Accompanied by automatisms, such as pouting, chewing, swallowing movements, pulling clothes, or other purposeless actions. Occasionally, it may also manifest as murmuring.
4. Absence with autonomic symptoms: May be accompanied by sweating, drooling, or urinary incontinence.