Epilepsy Occipital

Occipital epilepsy (e. occipitalis; synonym e. occipital) is a form of epilepsy in which epileptic activity comes from the occipital lobe of the brain.

The following symptoms are characteristic of occipital epilepsy:

1. Visual hallucinations such as flashes of light, colored spots, distorted visual perception. This is because the occipital lobe is responsible for processing visual information.
2. Headache in the occipital region.
3. Visual impairment - migraine, blindness in one eye.
4. Tonic-clonic seizures with or without loss of consciousness.

Diagnosis is based on medical history, neurological examination and electroencephalogram. Treatment includes antiepileptic drugs. Resistant forms may require surgery.

Epilepsy of the occipital region manifests itself predominantly in the form of occipital epilepsy and less often, in combination with other clinical forms of epileptic seizures, and can also occur in focal epilepsy due to dysrhythmia. E. z. characterized by a combination of an epileptic seizure and quadriplegia, which can be simple or complex. With a simple form of E. z. local visual impairment or atiasia occurs, while in the complex form generalized visual impairment and partial occlusion develop. Typically, a simple form of epilepsy of occipital localization leads to loss of consciousness lasting from one second to 90 seconds.