Seizure
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Clinic
- Seizure is an Entity, that is characterized with abnormally excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain.
- We have a lot of seizure. They are all disease which have a common entity, which is named Seizure.
- Since Seizure entity could be mistaken with Seizure diseases, I name them with such a suffix to prevent that problem
- Tonic-clonic seizure: Involuntary shaking movements involving much of the body with loss of consciousness
- Focal seizure: Shaking only parts of body with variable levels of consciousness
- Absence seizure: Subtle momentary loss of awareness
- Mostly, these episodes last less than two minutes and it takes some time to return to normal.
- Loss of bladder control may occur.
Seizures may be
- Provoked: Due to Hypoglycemia, Hyponatremia, Alcohol withdrawal, Medication, Fever, Brain infection or Concussion.
- Conditions that look like epileptic seizures but are not include: Fainting, Non-epileptic psychogenic seizure and Tremor.
Psycho social accompaniments
Certain disorders occur more often in people with epilepsy, depending partly on the epilepsy syndrome present. These include
- Depression
- Anxiety
- OCD
- Migraine
- ADHD
- Autism