What are the characteristics of senile epilepsy

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Clinically, epilepsy can occur in people of all ages. After entering the old age, the incidence rate of epilepsy is increasing due to the increase of cerebrovascular disease, senile dementia and degeneration of nervous system. The patients with epilepsy often attack suddenly, when they are in, when they are in place, under the circumstances, and can not control themselves, and are prone to fall. Scald, drowning, traffic accidents and other phenomena, although this disease is very terrible at the time of onset, then I would like to ask, what are the characteristics of senile epilepsy? Today, I'd like to talk about this topic with you.

What are the characteristics of senile epilepsy

1. Senile epilepsy is very easy to be ignored at the beginning, because the sudden abnormal action is only short, and it may be over in more than ten seconds. For example, the patient often has the situation of gaze and sudden stop of action in the early stage, and he often can't pay attention to these actions.

2. The symptoms of epilepsy in peacetime are often relatively light, patients often appear a lot of abnormal movements, such as behind the call him, but he often does not feel, will suddenly do a thing, such as suddenly clapping, swallowing, or wiping face, these abnormal behavior need to go to the hospital for diagnosis.

3. There are more abnormal conditions in elderly patients with epilepsy. In the early stage, the patients may not feel much, but their personality and some actions have changed. With the further deterioration of the disease, the patients will suddenly have convulsions, big eyes and four limb convulsions.

matters needing attention

Epilepsy as a clinical chronic disease, although in the short term there is no big impact on patients, but frequent seizures for a long time can lead to a serious impact on the physical and mental, intellectual aspects of patients, so the development of elderly epilepsy should be controlled in time.