What are the symptoms of epilepsy?
Disease description:
Recently, my body has not felt right, and sometimes I suddenly experience convulsions and lose consciousness. Could this be epilepsy, and what are the symptoms of epilepsy?
Doctor's answer (1)
Dr. Lv Zhiqin
Epilepsy is a neurological disorder characterized by recurrent, transient, and involuntary changes in movement, sensation, consciousness, emotion, and behavior. Its main symptoms are as follows:
1. Clonic Seizures: Sudden loss of consciousness occurs, followed by initial stiffness and then jerking movements of the entire body's muscles. These seizures may be accompanied by urinary incontinence and tongue biting.
2. Absence Seizures: Commonly seen in children, these involve brief episodes of loss of consciousness. The eyes may roll upward, but limb convulsions are not obvious.
3. Partial Seizures: Divided into two types. The first originates from a specific area of the brain and is accompanied by impaired consciousness and automatic behaviors such as chewing, wandering, or fumbling movements. The second type occurs without loss of consciousness, but involves convulsions or sensory abnormalities in certain parts of the body, or visual, auditory, or olfactory hallucinations.
4. Myoclonic Seizures: Sudden, rapid jerking of muscles, possibly affecting the arms or legs.
5. Atypical Seizures: For example, abdominal epilepsy, primarily characterized by abdominal pain.
6. Focal Seizures: Involuntary twitching in specific parts of the body; numbness or tingling sensations on one side of the face, limbs, or trunk.
If symptoms resembling epilepsy occur, prompt medical consultation for diagnosis is recommended.
