Patient's question:
At home, I've recently noticed something unusual when the baby sleeps in the afternoon. The child's limbs will slightly tremble, twitching back and forth, but the child itself doesn't feel it. Now, I'm suspecting it might be epilepsy. I want to know what are the symptoms of petit mal epilepsy in babies? What kind of help is needed: What are the symptoms of petit mal epilepsy in babies?Doctor's answer:
The symptoms of pediatric epilepsy manifest as sudden loss of consciousness, falling down, sometimes a loud cry, pause in breathing, foaming at the mouth, generalized tonic-clonic seizures, bitten lips or tongue, and incontinence of urine and feces, among others. Generalized seizures usually last only a few minutes. Absence seizures and myoclonic seizures: During absence seizures in children, they often exhibit sudden staring or upward rolling of the eyes, vacant expression, interruption of movement and language, dropping objects, not responding to, and the episode lasts for about several seconds before returning to normal.