Epilepsy Can Laugh Alone

Laughter is healthy. But, do not laugh himself. I'll pass for mad. Ever heard that expression? People often laugh or cry alone without cause is often suspected of suffering from mental disorder or psychosis. But, assuming it is not always true.

''There is a possibility that the symptoms of epilepsy, not a psychiatric disorder,''said Dr. Kurnia Kusumastuti Dr. SpS (K). Especially, he added, epilepsy patients with seizure manifestations of mental disorders.

So far, the public identifies as symptoms of epilepsy seizure in terms of moving their own bodies. In fact, the meaning is actually a loss of seizure electric charge abnormal nerve cells in the brain.

Manifestations of seizures, Kurnia said, could be grouped into four. Ie, motor, sensory, autonomic, and psychic. Usually considered to be''The seizure by the common people is a manifestation of the motor,''the doctor said neurologist Dr. Soetomo these hospitals.

In addition to laugh or cry alone, another symptom is the fear of excessive strain. In fact, patients are not seeing a scary thing. In fact, there are manifestations of spasm of violence, torture, even kill. Characteristic''symptom of epilepsy is the place by chance, in minutes, over and over, and the pattern is the same,''said Kurnia.

Which meant the same pattern is one epilepsy patients experienced only one symptom. For example, just laughed. These symptoms continue, over and over again until the patient is receiving treatment.

Each time recurrence, seizures do not last long. Usually, only a few minutes, returned to normal conditions. When he came (back to normal), patients do not remember these symptoms. ''That's what distinguishes mental disorders and epilepsy,''said Kurnia.

Mental patients, he continued, usually laughing or crying for a long time. Besides, after the symptoms disappear, awareness of mental patients can not recover. Unlike''epilepsy patients can return to normal consciousness,''explained that neurophysiology expert.

Spasm of violence in patients with epilepsy also carried out spontaneously, without conscious, and only when recurrence. Epilepsy patients who were recurrence was only able to use the things around him to persecute, even kill. ''If mental patients can do premeditated murder. At least, still can take a knife and other objects from another room to persecute someone,''the light of Kurnia.

Therefore, a doctor born August 24, 1957 that suggested patients with epilepsy treatment taken soon. Able to the neurologist or psychiatrist. ''If seeing a psychiatrist, the patient will be observed. Psychiatric disorders if not, will dikonsulkan to us. And vice versa,''said Kurnia.

Therapy, according to Kurnia, done only with regular drug consumption. This will prevent the patient experienced seizures. ''Logically, if the patient is not recurrent, her seizures and her condition is not normal,''he said.