What is a benign childhood epilepsy?

Epilepsy is a brain disorder where an abnormal explosion of electrical activity occurs, causing what is called seizures or fit. Seizures can lead to a number of symptoms, from a short change in consciousness to twitching and jerking the whole body. Benign child epilepsy is diagnosed when the child has experienced at least two seizures and the term benign is used because the outlook is generally favorable. Children usually grow out of the state, so the effects of epilepsy do not last throughout their lives. The most common form of benign child epilepsy is known as a Rolandic epilepsy. This disease is known as idiopathic epilepsy, which means there is no known cause yet. The beginning of epilepsy and seizures can occur at any time after three age under ten years. And also cause seizures during the day, the disease can cause night epilepsy, and seizures occur while the child sleeps and often during the awakening process in the morning.

Usually, U RolanDick diseases, the episode of partial epilepsy begins on one side of the face, causing jerking and saliva. The child may not be able to speak normally and seizures could spread on the same side of the body to include jerky movements of the arm or foot. Sometimes the child becomes unconscious and moves the body on both sides in the form of generalized epilepsy. This is commonly found during sleep.

Electroencefalog, or EEG, is often used to diagnose benign child epilepsy because it can produce an image of an area affected by unusual electrical activity. For benign child epilepsy, treatment is usually not administered until at least two seizures occur. Then the medication can be checked. Treatment can be discarded later for two years without seizures.

There is no treatment in some cases. This could happen if benign childhood epilepsy only causes when the child sleeps. Usually this condition causes children, for example, no adverse effects, especially becauseThey experience fewer potential risks than adults who, for example, suffer from the adverse consequences of epilepsy and management. Performance at school is generally not affected and in all cases the condition is solved before adulthood.

Another type of benign child epilepsy, Panayiotopoulos syndrome, includes the occipital area of ​​the brain that controls vision. Beauty usually occur at night and include visual experiences such as see colors or lights. The child can experience headaches, vomiting and muscle twitching. Medicines are only given if episodes become frequent. Usually only a few seizures are experienced in a few years.

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