What Are the Early Symptoms of Pediatric Epilepsy?

Question

A 2-year-old boy often experiences limb twitches and sweating. Could this be an early sign of having epilepsy?

Answer

One, adult epilepsy patients may experience symptoms such as hallucinations, illusions, automatism, focal clonic seizures, or other special sensory symptoms before an attack. Some psychomotor seizures may also appear with prodromal symptoms similar to grand mal seizures. Two, several days or hours before an attack, epilepsy patients may exhibit symptoms such as general discomfort, irritability, anxiety, depression, mood swings, being overly critical or complaining about others, which are among the symptoms of epilepsy patients. Three, severe epilepsy patients may show symptoms such as sudden loss of consciousness, temporary cessation of breathing, convulsions of limbs, hands clenched into fists, eyes rolled up or the black pupils deviating to one side, face turning blue, foaming at the mouth, and often experiencing tongue bites and incontinence. Four, emotional prodromes include anxiety, unease, depression, fearfulness, with fear being the most common. Hallucinations and illusions, seeing or feeling things that do not exist in reality or in the environment are among the symptoms of epilepsy patients. Patients should be aware of these as part of their condition.