What Are The Symptoms Of Seizures
Health Encyclopedia: Seizures
A seizure is a sudden change in behavior due to an excessive electrical activity in the brain.
Considerations
There are a wide variety of possible symptoms of seizures, depending on what parts of the brain are affected. Many types of seizures cause loss of consciousness with twitching or shaking of the body. However, some seizures consist of staring spells that can easily go unnoticed. Occasionally, seizures can cause temporary abnormal sensations or visual disturban...
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Health Guide
Petit mal seizure
...Absence seizure; Seizure - absence Prevention Read more »Temporal lobe seizure
TLE; Seizure - temporal lobe Treatment The goals of treatment are to perform emergency measures, if necessary, and to reduce the rate of future seizures. ... Read more »Partial (focal) seizure
Simple seizure; Jacksonian seizure; Seizure - partial (focal) Treatment Whenever someone has a seizure for the first time, he or she should be taken to an... Read more »Petit mal seizure
Seizure - petit mal; Absence seizure; Seizure - absence Treatment As seizures can interfere with learning or result in injury, the goal of... Read more »Generalized tonic-clonic seizure
Seizure - tonic-clonic; Seizure - grand mal; Grand mal seizure; Seizure - generalized Prevention Generally, there is no known prevention for... Read more »Images
Medications
...(ox-kar-BAY-zih-peen)Uses This medication is used to treat seizure disorders (epilepsy).... Read more »
...used in combination with other medications to treat seizure disorders (epilepsy). Levetiracetam... Read more »
...speech If you have several different types of seizure disorders, you may experience a... Read more »
...ketoconazole and itraconazole, quinidine, certain anti-seizure drugs including ... Read more »
...certain antihistamines (e.g., diphenhydramine), anti-seizure drugs (e.g., carbamazepine),... Read more »
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Stopping Anti-Seizure Meds Safe for Kids
December 11, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study reveals it is generally safe to stop anti-seizure medications in children with epilepsy who have been seizure-free... Read summary »
Seizures During Pregnancy Linked to Premature Babies
August 28, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Women with epilepsy who have seizures during pregnancy appear more likely to give birth to pre-term, small or low-birth-weight... Read summary »
Children Newly Diagnosed With Epilepsy at Risk for Cognitive Problems
August 24, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) ? Children who have normal IQs before they experience a first seizure may develop problems with language, memory, learning and... Read summary »
Pinpointing Seizures
October 18, 2006SEATTLE (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- A high-tech cap is going to tell doctors exactly where Dawn Helton's seizures are happening in her brain. She's... Read summary »
Epileptics at Higher Risk of Drowning
August 20, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Having a seizure while swimming is a potentially deadly danger for epileptics, but new information shows the risk is higher... Read summary »
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