- of the
whole body (tonic-clonic
seizures) or a
person spacing out for a few
seconds (absence
seizures). Most
seizures last less than two minutes. They...
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Focal seizures (also
called partial seizures and
localized seizures) are
seizures that
affect initially only one
hemisphere of the brain. The
brain is...
-
causing accidents. In epilepsy,
seizures tend to
recur and may have no
detectable underlying cause.
Isolated seizures that are
provoked by a specific...
- awakening. The vast
majority of
generalized seizures are idiopathic. Some
generalized seizures start as a
smaller seizure that
occurs solely on one side of the...
-
Absence seizures are one of
several kinds of
generalized seizures.
Absence seizures are
characterized by a
brief loss and
return of consciousness, generally...
- non-epileptic
seizures (PNES), also
referred to as pseudoseizures, non-epileptic
attack disorder (NEAD),
functional seizures, or
dissociative seizures, are episodes...
-
Seizure symptoms and
behavior distinguish seizures arising from the
mesial (medial)
temporal lobe from
seizures arising from the
lateral (neocortical) temporal...
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febrile seizures and
complex febrile seizures.
Simple febrile seizures involve an
otherwise healthy child who has at most one tonic-clonic
seizure lasting...
-
classification identified febrile seizures,
absence seizures,
generalized tonic-clonic
seizures,
focal seizures,
impaired awareness seizures, and
status epilepticus...
- function.
These seizures are
brief –
usually less than
fifteen seconds. They
usually begin in
childhood and may
persist into adulthood. The
seizure itself causes...
