5. Falling
One of the most obvious symptoms of many types of seizures is that the patient will fall over. This is of course always going to be the case where the individual loses consciousness! But it can also occur for other reasons: such as the muscle contractions or spasms. When this happens, the patient might well be at risk of injuring themselves: and as such, this is actually one of the most dangerous aspects of a seizure for many people.
If you know someone who is prone to seizures and you have any reason to suspect they might experience one, then you should be on red alert to try and catch them and help them should it happen. You might just save their life!
Often it isn’t the seizure itself that is the most dangerous, but rather the risks that having the seizure can then introduce for the individual.