Automatism

Introduction Automated disease is a mental disorder during seizures. The treatment of epilepsy is symptomatic treatment for anti-epileptic drugs to control recurrence. At present, there are many varieties of anti-epileptic drugs. If the drug is not symptomatic, the effect is very small, and sometimes the condition is aggravated. The most effective means to prevent recurrence is to maintain medication and consolidate efficacy. Generally, after 3 to 5 years of complete control of patients with primary epilepsy, EEG normal or epileptic wave disappearance can be considered to stop the drug, to maintain the dose of the drug, should follow the individualized situation, that is, different from person to person, to explore the minimum dose Effective amount.

Cause

It is more common in localized lesions due to cortex, and the various symptoms at the time of onset are determined by the location of the lesion. Most common in temporal lobe epilepsy.

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Electroencephalogram examination of brain Doppler ultrasound (TCD)

Sudden onset of autonomic symptoms, dull gaze, make some non-target automatic movements, such as stretching, chewing, walking, running, undressing, moving animal parts, muttering, etc., the attack lasts for a few seconds, a few minutes or more than 10, Memories after the episode. It is a relatively syndrome, including mental, pathological, emotional, will and many other mental pathologies.

Differential diagnosis

(1) Dietary autonomic syndrome: the most common in clinical practice, often repeated movements of the mouth, such as sucking, chewing, foraging, tongue sticking, and clearing the throat.

(2) Habitual autonomic disorder: Unconsciously repeat some simple movements, such as picking up hands, touching faces, unbuttoning, undressing, touching pockets, moving tables and chairs, and so on.

(3) Postural autonomic disorder: Unconsciously repeating a simple gesture.

(4) Atheros syndrome: It is an inflammatory autonomic disorder, which occurs mostly during the day. At this time, the patient has partial perception of the surrounding environment and can respond accordingly, and can perform complex and coordinated activities such as walking, for a long time. Running, riding or driving a vehicle, simply talking, buying items, etc., usually lasts for a few minutes. If you don't pay attention, it is often difficult to find.

(5) Sleepwalking: It is an automatic disease that attacks at night.

(6) Speech autonomic syndrome: mostly repeated or screaming for simple language.

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