Check If Patient Is Showing Any New Sign Or Symptom During Grand Mal Seizure
Brain transfers the information from one cell to another through firing tiny electric signals. The firing pattern and location of these signals determine how busy the brain is and what activity it is performing. Seizure is a kind of abnormality in the brain functioning and this happens due to the disturbance in the firing pattern in the brain’s signal. This may happen to an isolated part of the brain or to the whole of the brain. Generalized seizure is a type in which whole of the brain is affected with electrical disturbance. There is nothing fixed with grand mal seizure. You may have it once in your lifetime or multiple times in a single day.
Grand Mal Seizure’s Symptoms Usually Follow A Systematic Pattern
Signs And Symptoms That Can Be Seen During Grand Mal Seizure
Stiffness and jerking limbs are easily recognizable symptoms of grand mal seizure. It usually has a pattern of symptoms. Change in sensation, loss of consciousness, contraction of muscles (tonic phase) and then a rhythmic muscle spasm (clonic phase) is a systematic pattern which can be seen in a grand mal seizure course. The patient during the seizure experience impaired breathing that decreases blood oxygen level in them. This decreased level of oxygen gives the patient abnormal sights and dusky appearance.
Possible Symptoms During A Grand Mal Seizure
There are a series of symptoms which occurs to few of the people suffering with grand mal seizure:
Aura – the seizure does not come all the sudden. You get a warning feeling before a grand mal seizure. These warning feelings are known as ‘aura’. One may experience strange smell or change of vision and other may feel hallucinations or dizziness before a grand mal seizure. These sensory warning feeling differ from person to person and are known as alarming signal of an oncoming seizure.
A Loud Cry – some people may scream out at the beginning of the seizure as with seizure the muscles around the neck seize, forcing the air out.
Loss of bowel and bladder control – loss of bowel and bladder may happen when seizure run its course.
Convulsions and Unconsciousness – loss of consciousness is common with grand mal seizure and it persists up to a few minutes once the muscle contraction has ended.
Puzzlement – when grand mal seizure ends initiates a period of stupefaction. The stage is usually termed as post-ictal confusion.
Consult Your Doctor Whenever You Witness A New Sign Or Symptom In You
Seek For A Medical Advice
The grand mal seizure subsides in a few minute leaving the patient confused. Patient at post-ictal stage should be examined for injuries and their complete neurological examination should also be recorded. The patient usually complains for headache and sore muscles but that is usual and does not indicated anything serious. When a grand mal seizure lasts longer than usual or repeating itself in cluster nature it should be considered a medical emergency and should at once seek for an emergency medical care. To avoid complications consult the doctor every time you witness a new sign or symptom in the patient during grand mal seizure.
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