Epilepsy hazards

Epilepsy is a nervous system disease, and the disease is very common, according to the symptoms are not the same, the harm is not the same. Some epilepsy is a small seizure, such as a burst of limb twitch, convulsion, numbness, but some are large seizures, sudden fall, loss of consciousness, foaming at the mouth, large seizures will appear convulsion, and appear for a long time spasm, endangering life. Moreover, if there is disturbance of consciousness, foaming at the mouth, the secretion of airway and respiratory tract is particularly large, It can block the respiratory tract and cause asphyxia. So epilepsy in addition to the damage caused by its own epilepsy symptoms, secondary damage is also very much, encounter such patients generally require lateral position, so that patients with respiratory tract unobstructed, respiratory secretions can flow out smoothly, not blocked, after the collar untied, the airway is unobstructed, after the collar is untied, there is sufficient oxygen to ensure brain oxygen supply.

In addition, long-term epilepsy cerebral cortex abnormal discharge will cause irreversible damage to the central nervous system. Brain cells are non renewable cells, and the current technology has not yet developed the function of spare brain cells, so long-term seizures will lead to the death of some brain cells and functional decline, which will affect the intelligence and life span of people.