Tonic–clonic seizure

Epilepsy, also known as a seizure disorder, is a chronic neurological condition that affects an estimated 2.9 million people in the United States alone – over half of the cases beginning in childhood (Carlton-Ford et al., 1995). It is characterized by recurrent, and unprovoked seizures, which are abnormal electrical activities in the brain cells, occurring more than 24 hours apart (“Genetic Testing for Epilepsy,” 2012). There are two types of seizures that are characteristic of epilepsy: generalized

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is brought seizing into our small rural emergency department by ambulance. He has been having generalised tonic clonic jerking movements and unresponsiveness for the past twenty-five minutes. He is accompanied by his very concerned mother. Jacob is immediately designated a category one triage as he is unresponsive, his life is in immediate danger as is having an ongoing and prolonged seizure. A Glasgow coma scale less than eight (his is three) means he is not able to protect his airway. The provisional

Imagine what it would be like to live through unpredictable seizures. At any given moment, having to fight through health problems that have no proven cure. Syndromes of this sort are fatal and can be overwhelming to one 's being. Epilepsy in this case, has effected and changed the lives of millions throughout the world. About one in 26 Americans develop epilepsy throughout their lives. Epilepsy is a very common disorder that can affect any life including famous people you might know that have had

Epilepsy in Children Epilepsy is the name for a condition of recurrent seizures where no underlying cause can be determined. Seizures occur as a result of abrupt, explosive, unorganized discharges of cerebral neurons. This causes a sudden alteration in brain function involving sensory, motor, autonomic and/or psychic clinical manifestations.      Epilepsy can be a result of other conditions including: §     Genetic predisposition §     Brain

Dey had returned to her pre-accident state, without any long-term effects from the accident injury. Mrs. Dey replied that the seizure medication is causing her GI upset and she had lost weight from being sick. Mrs. Dey had tried the Brivicat but it still made her sensitive and she continued to have GI upset. Mrs. Dey reported that her primary care physician informed her that she

to cultivate a high CBD strain of marijuana. After taking the CBD for the first time since her seizures started at the age of three months, Charlotte experienced seven consecutive days without a single seizure. The authors report, “with a baseline frequency of 300+ convulsions per week, by month three of high concentration CBD extract, Charlotte had a >90% reduction in generalized tonic-clonic seizures, and had been weaned from her other antiepileptic drugs (Maa et al., 2014, p. 784).” Charlotte’s

Emergency Medical Technician Research Paper INTRODUCTION: This paper is on epilepsy and seizures. The human brain is the source of all human epilepsy. (Steven C. Schachter, Patricia O. Shafer, Joseph I. Sirven, 2013) What is epilepsy? Epilepsy is sometimes referred to a seizure disorder, though not all seizures are related to epilepsy. According to the website Stony Brook Medicine, the reason a seizure occurs is because of an unexpected surge of electrical activity in the brain. (Stony Brook Medicine

neurological disorders characterized by sudden recurring attacks of motor, sensory, or psychic malfunction with or without loss of consciousness or convulsive seizures (1). Is epilepsy a purely physical phenomenon? The question is a complicated one. Put simply, the answer should be yes. The psychological trauma sometimes caused by the seizures, however, makes the answer more complex, along with a more troubling trend. In years past epileptics were classed among the mentally ill, and received the

Seizure disorders, according to the Mayo Clinic (2015), affect approximately 1 in 26 people in the United States. Persistent, or chronic, seizures result from a condition called epilepsy, a neurological disorder of the central nervous system. It can affect anyone regardless of age, but is more common during early childhood and after age 60. Given the number of people that seizure disorders, such as epilepsy, affect, it becomes helpful to gain a foundational understanding of the disease, including