Sleep-type epilepsy is epileptic seizures that occur after falling asleep and before awakening. According to the form of seizures and symptoms, they can be categorized into complex partial seizures, partial motor seizures, and generalized tonic clonic seizures.
1. Complex partial seizures: After the seizure, the consciousness is not clear, and some abnormal behaviors will occur, such as self-injury, wounding, even murder, arson, etc., which are dangerous.
2. Partial motor seizure: usually conscious, manifesting itself in a certain part of the body, the seizure can be confined to the starting part mentioned above, occasionally spreading to the upper limbs but rarely to the lower limbs, causing generalized tonic seizures.
3. Generalized tonic clonic seizure: Usually, there is a sudden loss of consciousness and generalized muscle tonus, accompanied by eye rolling and pupil dilation, with screaming.
When sleep-type epilepsy occurs, timely medical treatment is recommended.