What are the diagnostic criteria for pediatric epilepsy?

Patient's question:

Bite one's teeth, pout, eyes wide open, look straight ahead

Doctor's answer:

Hello, the diagnostic criteria for epilepsy are: sudden and intermittent attacks accompanied by loss of consciousness, generalized or focal convulsions. The attacks occur in any setting and may include self-injury, incontinence, dilated pupils, and loss of light reflex, which are all diagnostic criteria for epilepsy. There is insufficient recognition of the importance of genetic analysis and sleep monitoring. Sleep should be recorded as much as possible (especially natural sleep or non-pharmacologically induced sleep after sleep deprivation) with electroencephalography, otherwise the positive rate will inevitably decrease. Urinalysis, complete blood count, stool analysis, liver function tests, renal function tests, blood metabolic tests, and parasitic examinations should also be performed. The most important thing is electroencephalography.

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