Epilepsy Senile

Senile epilepsy is one of the forms of epilepsy and neurodegenerative disease.

Senile epilepsy is sometimes called senile epilepsy

This neurocognitive disorder usually affects people over 70 years of age or even older. Approximately two years after the onset of menopause, the disease affects from 20% to 30% of women (within tenths of a percent), and 4-5% of men. In men, the percentage of incurable cases, which is associated with age-related degeneration of the frontal cortex, may increase to approximately 5-6%. It is important to note that the frontal cortex is the center of the brain in senile epilepsy. Epilepsy in the elderly (senile epilepsy) is diagnosed mainly in men aged 60-70 to 80-90 years. This fact is due to the fact that men experience degradation of cognitive functions. The danger of senile epilepsy is that during an attack negative consequences can occur: the patient may fall and get injured, and there is also a risk of respiratory arrest. The disease most often manifests itself as a syndrome characterized by the appearance of convulsive rhythms in the temporal regions of the brain with disturbances in behavior, memory, emotions, and balance of movements. It is also diagnosed by the predominantly episodic occurrence of generalized tonic-clonic seizures accompanied by confusion when treated with anticonvulsants that have no effect. This condition is today a form of senile epilepsy, common mainly in men over 65 years of age. Its clinical features are: high frequency of focal seizures with periodic epileptic seizures of the type of generalized benign tonic-clonic seizures; mono- or bilateral localization of epiactivity with a predominance of the right pole; fo