Epilepsy symptoms and treatment in children

Epilepsy is a very common disease in people's daily lives, which is mainly caused by a series of reactions due to problems in the nervous system. Especially for some children, due to congenital reasons, they may suffer from diseases such as epilepsy, which has a great impact on their physical development and physical and mental health. So what are the specific symptoms of epilepsy for children? Let us learn about the symptoms and treatment methods of epilepsy in children through the following article.

1. Symptoms of epilepsy in children

1. Early symptoms of epilepsy in children: Among the early symptoms of epilepsy in children, the children sweat excessively on their heads during feeding and sleeping. Excessive sweating causes local irritation, so the children like to shake their heads. When you shake your head, the back of your head is rubbed, which causes hair loss over time. In addition, the child is restless and easily awakened during sleep.

2. Short-term twitching or numbness and tingling in one corner of the mouth, eyelid, fingers, toes, or one side of the face and extremities. The twitching may sometimes spread from the fingers to the upper limbs and then to the opposite side. Psychomotor seizures in childhood epilepsy. Symptoms of epilepsy in children are similar to absence seizures, but last longer than 1 minute. Or there may be various hallucinations, illusions, and unconscious movements, such as sucking, chewing, smacking lips, undressing, and unbuttoning.

3. Absence seizures are characterized by brief disturbances of consciousness that occur suddenly and stop suddenly, without tics. During an attack, the child patient will remain motionless, his face will be slightly pale, speech activities will cease, his hands will be unable to hold objects, and sometimes he will be unable to stand steadily. Onset usually occurs after 2 to 10 minutes.

4. Common forms of epilepsy include grand mal seizures, absence seizures and mental illness. Grand mal seizures have the highest incidence rate. During an attack, there is sudden loss of consciousness, breathing stops, foaming at the mouth, twitching of the limbs, and possible tongue biting. The attack lasts for 1 to 5 minutes, and the patient falls asleep after the twitching stops. Headache and weakness after waking up, and no memory of the seizure are symptoms of epilepsy in children.

Treatment of epilepsy in children

In general, no matter what type of epilepsy is diagnosed, it should be treated as soon as possible. Effective anti-epileptic treatment should be able to control symptom onset while having minimal impact on children's cognition and the lowest side effects. You can go to a local regular or tertiary hospital for examination and treatment. Do not use folk remedies or take medicines randomly. Develop a good lifestyle.