Special forms | Symptoms of epilepsy

Special forms

1 Rolando’s epilepsy: Rolando’s epilepsy occurs in children between 3 and 12 years of age. It is characterized by its occurrence during sleep, which is characterized by salivation, inhibition of speech, and muscle twitches (cloning) on one side of the face, which can spread to the rest of the body (generalization). In most cases, this form of epilepsy resolves itself within 2 years.

2. aphasia-epilepsy syndrome: The aphasia-epilepsy syndrome is also one of the seizure forms occurring in children. Between the ages of 3 and 7 years, patients are conspicuous for their inhibition of speech (aphasia) and rhythmic muscle twitches (tonic-clonic). The whole thing usually emerges from sleep and usually recedes until puberty.

Status epilepticus

The seizure forms of epilepsy can all lead to a status epilepticus, which is an emergency. These are generalized tonic-clonic seizures lasting more than 5 minutes or absences or seizures without convulsions lasting more than 20 minutes. It also includes successive seizures between which the patient does not wake up and which are permanently present in the EEG.