What should I pay attention to in epilepsy? Many people have heard of epilepsy, but they don't know much about it. Most people think this is a disease of sheep, but it is not. So what are the symptoms of epilepsy? What should I pay attention to in epilepsy?
Epilepsy 1 What should I pay attention to?
What is the cause of epilepsy?
1. Epilepsy is a paroxysmal, transient and intermittent mental disorder. There are congenital factors (hereditary) and acquired factors, such as seven emotions disorder, improper diet, overwork or mental stimulation, or secondary to other diseases (such as brain abscess, meningitis, brain injury, brain infection or parasites, etc. ).
2. Due to the imbalance of qi and blood in the heart, liver, spleen, lung and kidney, the yin and yang are temporarily out of balance, and the qi goes against the phlegm, the fire is inflamed and the wind moves, which leads to blindness, and suddenly mental abnormalities occur.
3. Epilepsy can be divided into primary and secondary. Generally speaking, secondary epilepsy is mostly caused by diseases inside and outside the brain. Such as intracranial tumor, brain injury: brain abscess, encephalitis, etc. This kind of secondary epilepsy is usually not inherited. Primary epilepsy used to be considered as a single-gene dominant or recessive genetic disease.
4. In recent years, it is considered to be a polygenic genetic disease. Children born to female patients with primary epilepsy may suffer from epilepsy, especially if the patient's close relatives are married or both men and women are patients with primary epilepsy, then the risk of children's illness will increase many times.
5. In addition, some hereditary diseases will show epileptic symptoms, such as tuberous sclerosis, phenylketonuria, galactosemia and other diseases. Although their clinical symptoms are all secondary epilepsy, these diseases are obviously hereditary, so this symptomatic epilepsy will definitely be inherited.
How to prevent epilepsy
1, it is very important to prevent epilepsy. Prevention of epilepsy involves not only the medical field, but also the whole society. Prevention of epilepsy should pay attention to three levels: first, pay attention to the cause to prevent epilepsy; Second, prevent the occurrence of epilepsy symptoms of existing authors; Third, reduce the adverse effects of epilepsy on patients' body, spirit and society.
2. Preventing the occurrence of epilepsy means radical cure and prevention of the cause of epilepsy. Genetic factors make some children prone to convulsions, and seizures are caused by various environmental factors.
In this regard, the importance of genetic counseling should be particularly emphasized. Family investigation should be carried out in detail to find out whether the parents, brothers and sisters and close relatives of the patients have epileptic seizures and their characteristics, and whether they have a history of febrile convulsions. Roughly estimate the possible incidence of patients, offspring and other relatives, pay attention to marriage and childbirth, avoid the birth of children with epilepsy, and improve the quality of the population.
There are many reasons for epilepsy, so the treatment must be combined with specific physical conditions. We must pay more attention to genetic problems. If you want to have children, such diseases must be stopped to reduce the harm to the next generation. However, it should be noted that epilepsy still needs good rest, not just simple' treatment'.
What should epilepsy pay attention to? What are the symptoms of epilepsy?
1, the onset age can be as early as 2 years old, but no late onset generally does not belong to the category of absence epilepsy in children. The prospective study of childhood epilepsy diagnosed by strict criteria proves that the long-term prognosis of childhood epilepsy is good.
2. Genetic factors play an important role in the pathogenesis of epilepsy in children. 15% ~ 44% CAE children have a positive family history of epilepsy. The epilepsy types of family members include absence, myoclonic seizure, generalized tonic-clonic seizure and febrile convulsion.
3. The attack is short, lasting 5 ~ 10 seconds, not more than 30 seconds. The form of attack can be simple absence or complex absence, but there is generally no myoclonic absence, and rhythmic blinking and recoil movements are rare. The clinical manifestation is the sudden occurrence and recovery of consciousness disorder, with high frequency, which can reach dozens to hundreds of times a day.
4. Keep your eyes fixed when attacking, and don't fall. After the attack, the child can continue the original action without any abnormal feeling. The inducing factors are hyperventilation, emotional factors and attention changes.