What are the early symptoms of epilepsy in children?

If epilepsy occurs in a child, the harm will be very serious, which will make parents very anxious. There are many reasons that lead to epilepsy in children, such as it is related to brain malformation. In addition, it may be a factor of inheritance from the previous generation. The cause of the baby's intracranial infection must also be considered. In short, in order to find out the condition, parents should take their children to the hospital for detailed examination. The following introduces the early symptoms of epilepsy in children.

Early symptoms of epilepsy in children:

1. Early symptoms of epilepsy in children: In the early stages of childhood epilepsy, the child’s head sweats excessively during feeding and sleeping. Excessive sweating causes local irritation, so the child likes to shake his head. In addition, the child is restless and easily awakened during sleep.

2. Grand mal seizures in children: Common forms of grand mal seizures, absence seizures and psychosis. Grand mal seizures have the highest incidence rate. During an attack, there is sudden loss of consciousness, breathing stops, foaming at the mouth, and twitching of the limbs. They may be accompanied by tongue biting and urinary incontinence (uncontrolled urination), 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.

3. Petit mal seizures in children: Absence seizures are characterized by brief disturbances of consciousness that occur suddenly and stop suddenly, without twitching. 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.

4. Localized seizure: also called simple seizure, but if not discovered or treated in time, it can also develop into a major epileptic seizure, which is manifested as rhythmic twitching of a part of the body, lasting for several seconds, with clear consciousness. If the epileptic discharge expands, it can extend to half of the body or the whole body.

5. Simple absence seizure: The patient suddenly stops the current activity, the object in the hand falls, and there is a brief loss of consciousness. The eyes are staring motionless, which lasts for about 5 to 15 seconds. There are no precursors or local symptoms. The patient wakes up immediately afterwards and it does not affect work or study. The patient has no memory of the seizure. The seizure may occur dozens or even hundreds of times a day.

6. Complex absence seizure: In addition to being in a trance, there are other actions, such as blinking, smacking lips, rubbing fingers, etc., which last for more than 10 seconds.