Autism and Epilepsy
Nearly half of all autistic people have epilepsy, according to some reports, suggesting that the two conditions share underlying biology.
#Autistic women are more likely to have epilepsy than are autistic men, according to some studies; roughly three boys are diagnosed with autism for every girl, but the ratio isย less than 2-to-1ย among those who have both epilepsy and autism. Motor problems, language difficulties andย regressionย are all associated with epilepsy in an autistic person.
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง.ย ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ. A person with epilepsy can have more than one type of seizure.
As for Aisyah, she has generalized seizures: ย ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐
๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐.
Generalized seizure has 2 components:
โข ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ, sometimes called petit mal seizures, can cause rapid blinking or a few seconds of staring into space.
โข ๐๐จ๐ง๐ข๐-๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ, also called grand mal seizures, can make a person
* Cry out.
* Lose consciousness.
* Fall to the ground.
* Have muscle jerks or spasms.
Here are things you can do to help someone who is having this type of seizure:
* Ease the person to the floor.
* Turn the person gently onto one side. This will help the person breathe.
* Clear the area around the person of anything hard or sharp. This can prevent injury.
* Put something soft and flat, like a folded jacket, under his or her head.
* Remove eyeglasses.
* Loosen ties or anything around the neck that may make it hard to breathe.
* Time the seizure. Call 911 if the seizure lasts longer than 5 minutes.
Never do any of the following things
* Doย notย hold the person down or try to stop his or her movements.
* Doย notย put anything in the personโs mouth. This can injure teeth or the jaw. A person having a seizure cannot swallow his or her tongue.
* Do not try to give mouth-to-mouth breaths (like CPR). People usually start breathing again on their own after a seizure.
* Do not offer the person water or food until he or she is fully alert.