Patient's question:
A girl is 7 years old this year. She has been running back and forth to the hospital many times, but the effect is always not obvious, and she has been having attacks all along. Please ask: What are the early symptoms of pediatric epilepsy?Doctor's answer:
Symptoms of epilepsy, more than half of which have prodromal signs, such as dizziness, mental confusion, upper abdominal discomfort, and disturbances in sound, light, and smell. During recurrence (the period of severe pain recurrence), some patients may first emit a sharp cry, followed by loss of consciousness and falling, with generalized muscle rigidity, hesitant breathing, the head and eyes may turn to one side, and within seconds, there may be a tonic-clonic seizure. The seizure gradually intensifies, lasting for tens of seconds. During the clonic phase, breathing resumes, and frothing may occur (such as blood foam if the tongue is bitten again). In clinical diagnosis, sudden loss of consciousness, falling, generalized convulsions, frothing or salivation, eyes rolling upward, and screaming are observed. After recovery, the patient returns to normal. The overall treatment of epilepsy includes preventive measures, medication or surgery, and psychological therapy.