Patient's question:
Girl, three and a half years old, suffering from epilepsy inherited from grandparents. It is always accompanied by epilepsy attacks. Want to know how to distinguish between petit mal seizures and what symptoms do petit mal seizures have?Doctor's answer:
In the early symptoms of children's epilepsy, the children often sweat profusely on their heads during feeding and sleep. The sweating causes local irritation, which makes the children like to shake their heads. When shaking their heads, the back of the head is rubbed, and over time, it leads to hair loss. Additionally, the children are restless and easily startled during sleep. The clinical manifestations are diverse, which may include changes or loss of consciousness, limb twitching, sensory abnormalities, and special behaviors.