Question
Last November, I felt dizzy and had blurred vision, and I felt weak all over. In the past six months, I have fainted while walking, with some tremors and drooling. Could this be epilepsy?
Answer
Hello: People with epilepsy experience sudden loss of consciousness and generalized convulsions, with typical seizures divided into tonic phase, clonic phase, and post-ictal phase. A single seizure lasts less than 5 minutes and often accompanies symptoms such as tongue biting, urinary incontinence, and can lead to suffocation. During a partial seizure, the patient may suddenly stare or roll their eyes upwards, become disoriented, lose motor activity or speech for about 10 to 20 seconds. Focal seizures present as brief twitching in the face, arms, neck, or trunk for one to two seconds.