What are the symptoms of dystonia in children

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My friend's son is suffering from congenital epilepsy. When he starts the disease, he will have convulsions. He will suddenly fall down without any voice. He will suddenly stand up in a short time. The doctor said that this is dystonic epilepsy. Now I will tell you the symptoms of dystonic epilepsy in children.

What are the symptoms of dystonia in children

First: the performance of the whole body or individual muscle group of muscle tension temporarily reduced or disappeared, so that can not maintain normal posture and the emergence of mandibular relaxation, head droop or loss of whole body muscle tension and fall to the ground. Dystonic episodes are characterized by a sudden decrease or loss of systemic muscle tone, leading to a sudden fall. The short onset of atony lasted only about one second, and the loss of consciousness was not obvious. The patient stood up immediately after falling.

Second: the long-term onset of dystonia can last for one to several minutes. The patient lies down with a soft body, stares or closes his eyes, and has no vocal or motor symptoms. Dystonic episodes can be characterized by repeated and continuous dystonic falls, or long-term loss of consciousness with loss of systemic muscle tone.

Third: due to the sudden loss of muscle tension of both sides or the whole body, it is unable to maintain the original posture, resulting in sudden collapse, limb drop and other manifestations. The attack time is relatively short, lasting for several seconds to more than 10 seconds, and the attack lasting for a short time is not accompanied by obvious disturbance of consciousness. Dystonic seizures often occur alternately with tonic seizures and atypical absence seizures in epilepsy with diffuse brain damage.

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Dystonia is one of the common symptoms of epilepsy. Patients suddenly lose tension and fall, and then immediately stand up, so repeatedly, even for a few minutes. It is recommended that patients with the above symptoms go to the hospital in time to find out the cause, and then prescribe the right medicine.