Seizures : Primary Generalized Seizures And Partial Seizures

(The Epilepsy of Central Florida) The degree of brain damage depends on the amount and duration of the shaking and the force involved in impact of the head.

Partial seizures occur when the electrical activity remains in a limited area of the brain. They account for 40% of childhood seizures, consciousness may be intact or slightly impaired. Partial seizures can be categorized as either simple when they are not affecting awareness or memory, or complex when they are affecting awareness or memory of the events before, during, and immediately after the seizure, as well as behavior. Classic symptoms of a simple partial seizure include jerking, muscle rigidity, spasms, head-turning, unusual sensations affecting either vision, hearing, smell, taste or touch, memory or emotional disturbances. Symptoms of a complex partial seizure include lip smacking, hewing, fidgeting, repetitive, involuntary but

Partial seizures are also sometimes called local or focal seizures. They take place in one hemisphere of the brain. There are two subcategories of partial seizures including simple partial and complex partial.

To understand traumatic brain injuries, we must first discuss the numerous causes of brain injury. When injury occurs to the brain, the patient encounters the primary injury that is directly related and occurs at the time of the injury. Secondary injury

The symptoms experienced by one individual with a concussion can vary greatly from the symptoms of another.

People can get concussions through many ways; common causes are by playing sports or being in a car accident (“Concussion”, 2014). A traumatic force to the head is not the only way to get a concussion. A direct impact to a person’s upper body can cause the head to be shaken forcefully causing the brain to hit against the skull (Purcell, 2014). A person doesn’t have to lose consciousness for it to be considered a concussion. There are 3 types of concussions, mild, moderate, and severe (“Concussion (Traumatic Brain Injury)”, 2015). In a mild concussion, a person does not lose consciousness and usually has symptoms that are no longer than 15 minutes. In a moderate concussion, a person also does not lose consciousness and the symptoms lasts more than 15 minutes (“Concussion (Traumatic Brain Injury)”, 2015). In a severe concussion, a person loses consciousness and usually cannot recall what happened prior or after the incident (Concussion Overview,

There are different kinds of seizures, each having different effects. There is the generalized seizures which is a kind of seizure that affects the entire brain.There is the partial seizures which affects part of the brain. There is non-epileptic seizures, which is not really related to seizures, but it is caused by things,

After that night I learned just about everything I could about a seizure because I never wanted to have the feeling of not knowing again. So what is a seizure? A seizure is characterized by a sudden electrical abnormality in the brain (Seizures, 20013). Most seizures last from as little as a few seconds to about two minutes (seizures, 2013). There are multiple types of seizures that a person can have. There are generalized seizures that are characterized by starting to start in all parts of the brain and impossible to pinpoint the origin of the abnormality because of the rapid spread (generalized, 2012). The different types of this include; absence (petit mal) seizures, that is also known as a starring spell and can look like day dreaming; tonic

Epilepsy is a medical ailment in which nerve cell activity in the brain is disturbed, causing seizures. Epilepsy consists of many levels of severity; there are staring spells on the lower end, and Grand Mal seizures on the higher end. Cheyenne is on the lower end with staring spells, memory loss, and involuntary talking it’s called Partial Onset Seizures; she has the potential that it can have it turn into Grand Mal seizures at any point in her life. On the path to discovering her epilepsy, it changed her and her family’s lives forever.

Seizures are classified into two broad categories primarily generalized and partial seizures. A generalized seizure is characterized by loss of consciousness. There are several sub types of generalized seizure. The first is an absence seizure, this usually consist of brief spells of staring. This type of generalized seizure usually begins in early childhood and diminishes as the child grows older. However, absence seizures may continue until adulthood in some individuals (McKean, 2012). Next, myoclonic seizures are characterized by quick jerking movements. Atonic seizures display a sudden loss of tone and individuals frequently experience injuries related to falls. Generalized tonic clonic seizures display a tonic extension of extremities followed by clonic jerking. There can be variations of this type of seizure activity demonstrating either more tonic motion or clonic (McKean, 2012). Partial seizures initiate when there is an abnormal firing of neurons within the cerebral cortex. This area within the cerebral cortex dictates the symptoms of the seizure activity. A partial seizure can develop into a general seizure if both hemispheres are involved (McKean, 2012). Partial seizures are subdivided into simple and complex. In a complex partial seizure, the individual loses conciseness and has symptoms like lip smacking, staring, picking at clothes, walking around aimlessly. In a simple partial seizure the individual is awake and aware of the episode. The individual may

Those seizures affect the whole body and brain of the patient, and are much more serious than partial or focal seizure, which only affects one muscle or one part of the body,

There are several different types of seizures and clinical manifestation depends on the type of seizure. One of the most significant seizure, generalized tonic-clonic seizure has two important symptoms that precedes the onset of seizure. Just prior of initiation of generalized tonic-clonic seizure one may experience an aura, that is partial seizure that involves auditory, visual, gustatory, and olfactory distortions (McCance & Huether, 2014). The person may also experience feeling of numbness, dizziness, anxiety and nausea. A prodroma is a term for another early manifestation that may occur hours to day prior a seizure. Headache, malaise, depression are early symptoms (a prodroma) of a seizure.

Absence seizures, rare in adults, are characterized by a sudden, momentary loss or impairment of consciousness. Overt symptoms are often as slight as an upward staring of the eyes, a staggering gait, or a twitching of the facial muscles. No aura occurs and the person often resumes activity without realizing that the seizure has occurred.

Epilepsy can happen to anyone of any age. The largest(47%) percent of people, developing epilepsy for the first time, being children from birth to nine years of age. The next largest age group would be ten year olds to ninteen year olds at 30%. The least amount of first time seizures comes from the forty plus age group. (According to EFA publications) Over 2.5 million people suffer from epilepsy. The international league against epilepsy describes a seizure as an alternative term for "epileptic attack". Seizures vary in there length and severity. A "tonic-clonic" seizure can last for one to seven minutes. " Absence seizures usually last for a few seconds. However, complex partial seizure" may last for thirty seconds or two

The pathophysiology of seizures after stroke is not clear but several mechanisms are suggested: transient excitoxic neurotransmitter release, such as glutamate, secondary to hypoxia; cellular biochemical dysfunction and instability of membrane potential of injured cells; transient depolarization of the ischemic penumbra leading to electrically irritable tissue.14,15