Patient's question:
My friend's son came back home on vacation a few days ago and said he was experiencing hallucinations. He often saw things that others couldn't see, and they would disappear after a while. My mom said this could be a sign of epilepsy.Doctor's answer:
Characterized by sudden, intense, and sustained contractions of the entire body or both sides of the muscles, leading to muscle stiffness and fixing limbs and the body in a certain tense posture, such as axial extension or flexion of the body. It typically lasts for several seconds to tens of seconds but generally does not exceed one minute. Tonic seizures are more common in patients with epilepsy who have diffuse organic brain damage and are often a sign of severe illness, primarily affecting children, such as in Lennox-Gastaut syndrome.