Patient's question:
I have been having headaches all year round and feeling generally unwell. Last month, I suddenly screamed and had convulsions, foaming at the mouth, which was quite frightening, accompanied by a sense of nausea. My friends said this is epilepsy. Hello, what department should one go to at the hospital for epilepsy?Doctor's answer:
It is better to seek treatment in a formal hospital's neurology department. Focal/Partial recurrent rage refers to recurrent rage where the initial symptoms and EEG changes suggest "neurons in a specific department of the brain are activated first." In the seconds before a major episode, patients may experience illusions, hallucinations, automatisms, focal myoclonus, or other special sensory phenomena. Blood drug concentration monitoring data should only be considered when there is suspicion that the patient is not taking medication as prescribed, experiencing drug toxicity reactions, using other drugs that interfere with drug metabolism, or has special clinical diagnostic conditions (such as status epilepticus, liver and kidney diseases, early pregnancy). During the treatment of antiepileptic drugs, routine monitoring of blood drug concentrations is not recommended.