HEALTH – “It is a crisis of epilepsy,” the following live several people on the set of “Grand Journal” Thursday, 5 January, after the Italian actress Sveva Alviti has been the victim of a crisis.
in the Face of the actress portraying Dalida in a biopic coming out January 11 at the cinema, fell of his bar stool, the people on the board have seemed quite distressed.
It must be said that epilepsy is a disease is still fairly unknown to the general public even though more than half a million people in France are affected. Here are some good habits to adopt if a person has a seizure in front of you.
first of all, these are a few signs that should alert you to a crisis happening: “muscle twitching, uncontrolled, and localized”, “sensory hallucinations, tingling, tingling”, or “deviation of head and eyes or posturing abnormal and repeated,” according to the website of the health Insurance.
Leave space, let it breathe
first Of all, “don’t move the person”, “protect his head and clear the dangerous object in the vicinity”, is it explained on the website of the Foundation of French for Research on Epilepsy (BID). The association Epilepsy France adds that, to protect the head, it is necessary to place a cushion or a garment folded underneath. This phase is designed to secure the person so that she is not hurt while she has convulsions.
“If possible, loosen his clothing, his tie if he has one, open the collar of his shirt, so that it has a maximum air”, explains LCI Vincent Roubeau, service of neurology groupe hospitalier Paris Saint-Joseph. This allows the person who has a seizure to be able to breathe better.
of course, if you can intervene at the very beginning of the crisis, and that the person is standing and is on the verge of collapse, “it is important to sort of cushion the fall,” says Dr. Alain Jager to The Express.
lateral Position of security
Contrary to popular belief, you don’t put anything in the person’s mouth to prevent him from swallowing his tongue and suffocating. In fact, as soon as possible, it must be put in lateral position of security. The moment a person loses consciousness is “the most dangerous during which the muscles are relaxed and where there are risks of airway obstruction or gastric reflux,” according to Laila Ahddar, president of Epilepsy France, contacted by The Express.
How to put someone in “PLS”? Follow our advice in the video below:
Reassure
After the crisis, when the person regains little by little his spirits, it is especially important to reassure her. “Talk to him calmly, it can sometimes present confusion,” said the BID. Do not give him to drink immediately. “The muscles have been so solicited that the swallowing function can be impaired. The risk is the false road,” explained Vincent Roubeau.
If this is the first time that this person is having a seizure, do not hesitate to call the UAS once you have followed the first advice.
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