Epilepsy is a very common disease of the nervous system, during which there are periodic seizures that are stereotyped. It is worth paying attention to the fact that seizures may be the only or dominant symptom of epilepsy. The disease is chronic, and in addition to seizures, convulsions and loss of consciousness can also occur. Jackson's Syndrome is considered a form of this disease. The main feature is that in a patient seizures are formed first in the muscle tissue on one side of the body, and then spread to other areas.
General Description of the Disease
Jackson's syndrome is accompanied by complex partial seizures. In parallel with this, attacks are observed during which the patient's consciousness changes. Jackson's alternating syndrome is often also called focal epilepsy. Its peculiarity is that it affects a certain area of the cerebral cortex in the cerebral hemispheres. This is due to the fact that cortical localization during a seizure is fully consistent with its clinical manifestations.
The most severe type of Jackson's syndrome is focal motor seizure, during which the same muscle groups are cramped. If localization is observed in the sensory cortex, then the patient, as a rule, feels a feeling of heat, numbness and itching in the same areas. With visual or auditory manifestations, convulsions affect neighboring areas.
In most cases, with Jackson's syndrome, motor focal convulsions turn into generalized. Since the signs of epilepsy indicate the place of manifestation of the primary focus, this disease is considered to be symptomatic.
Development reasons
Michael Jackson's syndrome in adults can appear for the following reasons:
- The presence of intracerebral tumors, as well as neoplasms on any areas of the body.
- The presence of traumatic brain injury.
- Unsuccessful brain operations.
- Various abnormalities of vascular activity in the area of the brain.
- The inflammatory process that began in the substance and membrane of the bone marrow. Such an ailment is called meningoencephalitis. It negatively affects the work of the cerebral cortex, provoking convulsions.
- Various infectious diseases.
- Congenital diseases
It should be noted here that this syndrome due to heredity manifests itself only in childhood, and completely disappears by the age of 25. However, possible relapses can occur in older people.
Risk factors
In neurology, Jackson's syndrome is considered to be triggered by factors that increase the risk of epilepsy in children after birth. These include:
- causing injuries to the baby during childbirth;
- fetal hypoxia;
- intrauterine infections;
- fetoplacental insufficiency;
- excessive convulsive activity of the mother’s brain.
Symptoms of the disease
As a rule, cramps begin to develop in the anterior region of the brain. Following this, they also appear in the affected areas of the body. If the cramp touches the finger on the left hand, then it is likely that it will switch to the same finger on the right hand. It is in this way that seizures do not extend to a large area, for example, to the entire limb, but only the area of the body that is located in parallel is “found”. Seizures during Jackson's syndrome are divided into several forms. Something like:
- “March”: seizures appear one after another with a small interval;
- seizures that affect the muscles of the face;
- seizures that occur in the muscles on separate parts of the body.
It is possible to identify the onset of a seizure in a patient by the appearance of tingling in the fingers on both hands. In some patients, there is a clouding in the mind, which leads to fainting.
Treatment methods
Therapy for Jackson's syndrome includes the following areas:
- antiepileptic therapy;
- treatment of the main disease.
In the case of complex therapy, the following medications are used:
- Primidon
- "Phenobarbital";
- "Benzobarbital";
- "Lamotrigine";
- "Valproic acid";
- preparations for dehydration, which include "Acetazolamide", "Furosemide", "Hydrochlorothiazide";
- absorbable medications, for example, "Hyaluronidase" or aloe vera preparations.
If epilepsy appeared due to a tumor, it is necessary to consult a neurosurgeon who will prescribe a method for treating the disease surgically.
The prognosis of therapy will be determined depending on the characteristics of other diseases that provoked Jackson's syndrome. As a rule, this ailment does not pose a particular threat to human life, and is only an unpleasant phenomenon that provokes a violation of consciousness, as well as the loss of several body functions. If you seek the help of a specialist in time, then the disease can be successfully cured.