Question
The patient’s symptoms include persistent fever, repetitive speech, and mood swings, as well as throwing things at home and reluctance to participate in outdoor activities. Could these symptoms be related to temporal lobe epilepsy?
Answer
The symptoms of temporal lobe epilepsy include:
- The manifestation of autonomic and/or psychiatric symptoms, which may include upper abdominal discomfort.
- The occurrence of motor arrest in the form of characteristic digestive automatisms, which can be complex partial seizures.
- Other forms of automatisms may also appear.
- Typical seizures last longer than 1 minute, after which the patient may experience a state of confusion and be unable to recall the seizure, gradually regaining consciousness.
- Depending on the origin of the seizure, they can be classified into hippocampal, amygdala, or lateral temporal lobe seizures.
- Certain clinical symptoms, especially prodromes, may be indicative.
- There may be memory function impairment. translationKey,department,title,ask,answer pediatric-78622,Neurology,Symptoms of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy?,My son’s condition is very poor; he often has a fever and sometimes keeps repeating the same sentence. He also doesn’t seem to be in a good mood and frequently throws things at home. He doesn’t like going out to play either. My friend’s child has temporal lobe epilepsy, and he said my son might have it too, which is making me very anxious. What are the symptoms of temporal lobe epilepsy?①Manifestation of autonomic and/or psychiatric symptoms; pure partial seizures involving smell, auditory (including hallucinations); ②Start with motor arrest; complex partial seizures with characteristic digestive automatisms. They can also be other forms