Some patients will feel some symptoms (auras) before the onset of seizure attack. It varies from person to person and lasts for a short period of time. Knowing these possible symptoms, you and others can cope more effectively and reduce the risk of injury during seizure attack.
| Groups of aura symptom | Feeling Description |
|---|---|
| Somatosensory | Tingling, numbness, strange feeling |
| Visual | Simple hallucinations |
| Hearing | Simple or complex auditory hallucinations; the sound of human voices or music |
| Sense of smell | “Stinky Smell” |
| Taste | “Real bad taste” |
| Psychological | déjà vu jamais vu an object became abnormally "smaller" or "distant" |
| Abdominal | Abnormal epigastric rising sensation |
| Autonomic nerve system | Palpitations, sweating, goose bumps or fever on the face, etc. |