4 common types of autonomic epilepsy

  Autonomic epilepsy, also known as visceral epilepsy, mesencephalic epilepsy, etc., refers to seizures in which the main manifestation is disorganized autonomic function, without convulsive performance, with or without impaired consciousness, and there are four common types as follows.  1, abdominal pain epilepsy manifested as sudden abdominal pain, the site is mostly in the upper abdomen around the umbilicus, may be colic or knife-like pain, can last for several minutes to several hours, can be accompanied by a certain degree of impaired consciousness, some patients have nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and other gastrointestinal symptoms. Some patients may experience fatigue, drowsiness, or deep sleep after an attack. The frequency of seizures varies from multiple times a day to once a day; mostly seen in children; EEG shows paroxysmal slow waves, spike waves or spike wave bursts; antiepileptic drug treatment is effective.  Periodic vomiting seizures can be the only symptom of epilepsy in children, with violent vomiting, abdominal pain, salivation, sweating, and drowsiness, but not nausea. The duration varies from half an hour to several hours; there is often a positive family history; abnormal discharges are seen on EEG; antiepileptic drug therapy is effective.  Headache epilepsy is characterized by recurrent headaches in the forehead, orbit and temporal region. The headache attacks can be accompanied by symptoms of autonomic dysregulation such as nausea, vomiting, panic, sweating and pallor. The EEG may have abnormal epileptic changes, and antiepileptic drug therapy is effective.  The pain can be severe, accompanied by numbness, itching, electric shock, sensory allergy, and more than half of the patients will also have pale face, sweating, palpitations, irritability and other autonomic dysfunction. EEG may have epileptiform discharges, and antiepileptic drug therapy is effective.