How do you explain strange sensation? Please describe in detail Please describe the location of seizure activity in brain what type of seizure is she suffering from please be specific.

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Q1. Patient is a woman, 38 years old with a history of seizures since birth. She is otherwise in a good health. She says that she is aware that seizure is going to occur as she has a very brief period of strange sensation. Witnesses have notice a typical pattern of seizures . First she becomes quiet with blank expressions. She shows unusual behavior such as smack her lip , and move her mouth  repeatively. As times her seizure activity occurs repeatedly over a period of 24 hours and sometimes she is free of any seizure activity for weeks.

  1. How do you explain strange sensation? Please describe in detail
  2. Please describe the location of seizure activity in brain
  3. what type of seizure is she suffering from please be specific.
  4. what is the medical term to describe seizure activity that occurs repeatedly in a day?
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The sensations of staring blankly for some seconds or smacking lips and chewing motions are due to the repeated abnormal electrical firings from both hemispheres of the brain. These firings repeat themselves in a pattern of three seconds. The thalamus of the brain stops the sensory input to the motor part of the brain during sleep. However, in the absence of a seizure, this activity of the thalamus gets amplified and a small stimulation can induce it. It reaches both hemispheres of the brain and blanks out the person for seconds. 

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