Symptoms of night terrors and epilepsy in children

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Many children wake up suddenly when they sleep at night. Medically, this disease is called night terrors in children. When a child's night terrors attack, the patient will have no response to the things around him. This kind of clinical symptom and epilepsy are quite similar. Therefore, many parents will treat children with night terrors as epilepsy. What are the symptoms of night terrors and epilepsy in children? Next, I'd like to share my views with you.

Symptoms of night terrors and epilepsy in children

The causes of night terrors and epilepsy in children are different. Night terrors in children are mainly caused by immature development of cerebral cortex. When the child is fully developed, night terrors will gradually disappear. Epilepsy is caused by genetic factors, brain diseases, systemic or systemic diseases.

The clinical symptoms of night terrors and epilepsy in children are also different. Children with night terrors will suddenly cry and scream in sleep, eyes directly or tightly closed, hands and feet move disorderly. Sometimes even sit up from the bed or jump to the ground. The patient will show great fear. The next morning, the patient had no memory of what happened at night. When epilepsy suddenly occurs, patients will fall to the ground, loss of consciousness, convulsions, mouth foaming, eyes turning up and other symptoms.

The treatment of night terrors and epilepsy in children is also different. If children's night terrors attack infrequently, there is no need for targeted treatment. If it happens frequently. Patient friends can take benzodiazepines, lumina and other drugs to relieve symptoms. Good sleep can reduce the incidence of night terrors in children. The treatment of epilepsy is mainly divided into surgical treatment and drug treatment. Common therapeutic drugs are prednisone, Corticosterol, imipramine, benzodiazepines, sodium valproate, etc.

matters needing attention

If parents and friends can't correctly distinguish between night terrors and epilepsy, they should take their children to the hospital for a detailed examination. Although the possibility of epilepsy cure is not very high, but as long as through targeted treatment can prevent seizures. We must not confuse night terrors with epilepsy in children.