Patient's question:
My child is 1 year and 8 months old. While playing with toys, they suddenly clenched their fists tightly, had fixed eyes, closed their mouth tightly, and had weak breathing. They didn't respond even when called. After more than 20 minutes, they returned to normal. At the clinic, their temperature was checked and found to be 38.3°C, with a yellowish and slightly bluish complexion. What could be the cause?Doctor's answer:
According to whether you belong to or may suffer from epilepsy, the manifestations of epilepsy include: atonic seizures, which are characterized by sudden muscle relaxation, the inability to maintain the current standing or sitting posture, falling to the ground, unconsciousness, and sometimes only, two shoulders drooping, fingers open, not necessarily falling down. Absence seizures (minor seizures) are characterized by sudden stillness, but without falling, straight eyes, dazed, staring forward. Sometimes the eyelids twitch rapidly or the hands tremble slightly. It generally recovers in about 10 seconds, and the person is unaware of it.