Patient's question:
My mother is getting older now, and she can't do some things anymore. We don't let her do them either, because she often doesn't feel well, so we let her help at home with some household chores. Last time, when my mother was washing dishes in the kitchen, she noticed she had dizziness and nausea. Worried about what might be wrong with her, we took her to the hospital for a thorough check-up. The doctor said she had epilepsy.Doctor's answer:
The early symptoms of epilepsy include the following signs:① Taste aura. This includes uncomfortable tastes in the mouth, such as bitterness, sourness, saltiness, sweetness, or greasiness.
④ Sensory aura. This includes hearing bird calls, ringing sounds, machine noises, or insect chirping.
⑤ Olfactory aura. This includes smelling burnt fishy smells, rubber odors, sulfuric acid, or other pungent and unpleasant scents.
⑥ Visual aura. This includes seeing moving or stationary circles, light spots, black spots, etc.
⑦ Mental aura. This includes hallucinations, delusions, seeing or feeling things and scenes that do not actually exist.
There are many treatment methods for epilepsy, but since the symptoms of patients vary, the diagnostic methods used also differ. Therefore, it is necessary to diagnose patients as soon as possible so that treatment can be tailored to their specific conditions.