Patient's question:
The baby is 4 years old this year. Recently, while sleeping, it doesn't know why, there are frequent episodes of limbs twitching, eyes rolling upward, and foaming at the mouth. However, it lasts for about 1.2 minutes and then resolves. I didn't pay much attention to it at first. Later, the same thing happened again at night, and when I went to the hospital, I learned it was pediatric epilepsy.What kind of help is desired: Could you please tell me what are the characteristics of pediatric epilepsy seizures?
Doctor's answer:
Sudden loss of consciousness, dilated pupils, and generalized muscle rigidity or clonic convulsions or tonic-clonic contractions during recurrence. Tonic recurrence is characterized by sustained intense contractions of muscle groups, with limbs and torso fixed in a particular posture for 5 to 20 seconds. Sometimes, it manifests as axial rigidity, with the head and neck arched backward and the torso excessively oscillating in an opisthotonic position. At other times, it appears as "sphincteric rigidity recurrence," with the head lowered, the body bent, both upper arms raised, elbows flexed, and lasting for 2 to 3 seconds. If it occurs while standing, the person may fall. Sometimes, mild rigidity recurrence is observed,、，“”。 Clonic recurrence is characterized by rhythmic, repetitive contractions of limbs and torso.