Doctors advise how to deal with epilepsy revealing a spasm It may not be a disease condition.
Today (30 August 2022) Dr. Chakrit Suthisawan Neuroscientist specializing in epilepsy, Phyathai 1 Hospital said about people with epilepsy who still misunderstand that the symptoms of epilepsy that people generally understand usually mean only convulsions, spasms, and spasms. The body is unconscious, but in reality The symptoms of epilepsy are very diverse. Because epilepsy is caused by a brain disorder. It can cause many symptoms. It depends on which brain area is abnormal. In what area of the brain?
Dr. Chakrit said that the symptoms of epilepsy that people often do not know, such as numbness, chewing in the mouth, screaming, crumpled hands, hands grabbing things. It is a symptom of abnormalities in the temporal lobe of the brain. No severe spasms So most people think that these symptoms are not symptoms of epilepsy. When having a seizure, you must be unconscious every time. In fact, most seizures tend to be unconscious. But some epilepsy while having seizures can still be conscious. and can speak and answer normally because sometimes Seizures are caused by small spots. in a single point in the brain causing the patient to be unconscious
“For example one patient There was a symptom on the right hand that suddenly clenched his fist unable to control the hand While clenched, the patient can talk or do other things normally. Symptoms for 1 minute at a time, after which the symptoms disappeared. can move normally This symptom is repeated 1-2 times a week. When the patient gave these records The doctor thought Symptoms are compatible with seizures. Therefore, an MRI or X-ray magnetic resonance imaging is performed on the brain. and electrocardiogram examination (Electroencephalography or EEG) found that the patient had seizures from the examination with an EEG machine. and found a tumor on the patient’s brain from the mother wave X-ray examination
electric iron, which is the cause of the patient’s seizures as well,” said Dr. Chakrit.
Dr. Chakrit said that after the patient was treated with anticonvulsants and brain tumor surgery. The patient was healed. No more abnormal handholding symptoms.
“Since seizures have a wide range of symptoms, The average person probably wouldn’t be able to remember all the symptoms. So how do we know that What kind of symptoms are seizures or not? Therefore, I would like to introduce how to remember and understand easily. that seizures often have 3 distinctive features: 1. seizures are often abnormal body movements and the patient cannot control the symptoms to stop themselves, such as hand, arm, leg, tense or twitching, face distorted, neck twisting, hand-picked holding or making strange noises There will be symptoms that the right hand is tense as before. without changing the side to the left side or changing to the foot 3. The duration of convulsions often for a short time Approximately from 10 seconds to 3 minutes and then can disappear by itself, so if someone has abnormal movements that cannot be controlled. Looks the same every time and have short symptoms Seizures should always be suspected. Not a symptom of a ghost should immediately see a doctor to determine the cause of seizures and to treat them properly to prevent more severe symptoms of epilepsy and prevent accidents that can occur from seizures,” Dr. Chakrit said.