Patient's question:
My grandmother was diagnosed with epilepsy yesterday. Doctor, I would like to understand, what are the symptoms of epilepsy in the elderly?Doctor's answer:
Epilepsy is a recurrent disease, and it includes grand mal seizures, minor recurrences, and absence recurrences. Grand mal seizures typically manifest as recurrent loss of consciousness, sudden collapse, foaming at the mouth, and convulsions of all four limbs, which usually subside on their own within a few minutes. Grand mal seizures are relatively obvious and severe, also known as generalized tonic-clonic seizures. Minor recurrences and absence recurrences are called partial recurrences, which involve recurrent motor endocrine disorders or dazed states, such as staring blankly.