Patient's question:
The baby is a child, usually looking normal, but suddenly had a high fever one and a half months ago at night. Due to the delayed fever reduction, it began to have convulsions all over the body. The hospital treated it, but after not much time had passed, the symptoms reappeared again, and there was also foaming at the mouth. The doctor said it was infantile epilepsy. What assistance is needed for infantile epilepsy? What are the common symptoms of infantile epilepsy?Doctor's answer:
Childhood epilepsy manifests as tonic-clonic seizures, characterized by loss of consciousness and generalized convulsions. It involves sustained contraction of all skeletal muscles, extreme extension of limbs, upward rolling of the eyes, temporary cessation of breathing, throat spasms, clenched jaw, and loss of consciousness. After lasting several seconds to tens of seconds, fine tremors may reappear, followed by the clonic phase, where rhythmic convulsions of limbs occur. The frequency of convulsions gradually decreases and then stops.During recurrence, symptoms such as increased heart rate, decreased blood pressure, dilated pupils, and incontinence of urine and feces may occur. After recovery, common symptoms include headache, anorexia, and fatigue!