Overview
- Castelli had a convulsive episode during a Big Brother Brasil 26 endurance challenge, was taken to hospital, briefly returned to the house, then required additional medical care, with no public diagnosis reported.
- Doctors emphasize that a seizure lasting longer than five minutes signals risk of status epilepticus and requires urgent treatment with ambulance support and hospital care.
- Emergency help is also advised for repeated seizures without recovery of consciousness, significant head trauma, breathing difficulty or cyanosis, lack of post-crisis recovery, a first-ever episode, or cases involving pregnancy, diabetes, infants or elders.
- Recommended first aid includes protecting the head, clearing nearby hazards, turning the person on their side, loosening tight clothing, and timing the event, while avoiding putting objects in the mouth, restraining movements, giving drinks or pills, unnecessary transport, or leaving the person alone afterward.
- Experts note that seizures are not always epilepsy and can be triggered by severe sleep deprivation, intense exertion, dehydration, metabolic disturbances, fever, intoxication, or brain injury, with prolonged events risking hypoxia, brain swelling, rhabdomyolysis, and kidney damage.