The chronic neurological condition known as epilepsy is brought on by aberrant electrical activity in the brain, which results in frequent seizures. When a person has two or more unprovoked seizures that happen more than twenty-four hours apart, or one unprovoked seizure that has a high chance of happening again, it is diagnosed.
What is epilepsy?
The brain condition known as epilepsy is characterised by excessive electrical activity in the brain’s cells.
- Unconsciousness
- Abnormal Jerking and Stiffing of Limbs
- Frothing from the Mouth
- Tongue Bite
The symptoms often last a few minutes, and while the person may eventually regain consciousness, they may still seem a little disoriented. After the incident, he can experience physical aches and headaches.
Epilepsy Types
Focal epilepsy: This condition manifests as unifocal and multifocal diseases and involves seizures that affect only one hemisphere of the brain.
Combined generalized and focal epilepsy: Patients with this novel form of epilepsy have both localised and generalised seizures.
Generalised epilepsy: Patients with generalised epilepsies may experience a variety of seizure types, such as absence, myoclonic, atonic, tonic, and tonic-clonic seizures.
Unknown epilepsy: The type of focal or generalised epilepsy cannot be identified by EEG investigations that are either unavailable or uninformative.
How should a seizure event be handled?
The first thing you should do if someone is having a seizure in front of you is to roll them to the side so they won’t choke on their saliva. It is very important to keep in mind that you should never put anything in the mouth of someone who is suffering a seizure. It’s also important to make sure the person can breathe normally during the seizure.
