Contents:
- Medical Video: Psychogenic Seizures — What are They, How Can They be Diagnosed and Treated?
- Epilepsy characteristics
- Focal seizures (partial)
- General seizures
Medical Video: Psychogenic Seizures — What are They, How Can They be Diagnosed and Treated?
Epilepsy is a central nervous system disorder that makes brain activity abnormal. This condition then causes spasms and sometimes makes a person lose consciousness. To be able to recognize it, here are the features of epilepsy that you need to know.
Epilepsy characteristics
Repeated seizures are one of the most important signs of epilepsy, following various signs and symptoms of seizures that need to be watched out for:
- Feeling confused for a while.
- Shut up and stare at one point.
- Uncontrolled jerking movements of the arms and legs.
- Loss of consciousness.
- Psychological symptoms such as fear and anxiety appear.
Usually the doctor will group seizures based on brain activity. Therefore, different parts of the brain also have different symptoms. The following features of epilepsy are based on the area of the brain affected:
Focal seizures (partial)
These seizures usually occur due to abnormal activity in one area of the brain that is more specific and smaller. There are two categories of focal seizures, namely:
Focal seizures are conscious
When a seizure occurs, a person is truly fully conscious even though some people still cannot speak until the seizure stops. This type of seizure is also called simple partial seizure. Various symptoms that usually appear such as:
- The jerk of one part of the body spontaneously.
- Tingling.
- Dizzy.
- Experience certain emotions such as fear, anger, and also joy.
- Feel a strange sensation that actually doesn't exist like ringing or strange smells.
- Experience dejavu's memory.
Focal seizures with disturbed consciousness
This type of seizure is also called complex partial seizure. Its characteristic is to stare at a certain point and not respond normally when given stimulation. In addition, you will also do repetitive movements such as rubbing your hands, chewing, swallowing, or walking in circles. Usually this condition occurs for 30 seconds or one minute.
General seizures
This one seizure involves all areas of your brain. Actually, there are six types of general seizures. However, the symptoms are almost similar to:
- Look up at the ceiling
- Blinking eyes
- Sudden loss of consciousness.
- Stiff and trembling body.
- Bite the tongue.
- The muscles of the back, arms, and legs are stiff, causing you to fall to the ground.
- The presence of repeated or rhythmic muscle movements on the neck, face, or arms.
- There is a myoclonic attack, which is a kind of short jolt of the arms and legs.
- Loss of control of the bladder makes you wet your bed
