ADMS 3502 Lecture Notes - Lecture 56: Partial Seizure, Lumbar Puncture, Epileptic Seizure
21 May 2020
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Exam questions come from csf studies in various disorder causing meningitis. 14-3-3 protein not in used anymore, since can be +ve at any neurodegenerative disease. Often missed by everyone, subtle things, can be any sort of firing, you get weird symptoms. Sympatomatic seizures acute=fall and blood collects on surface of brain, iron agitates surface cryptogenic=don"t know what is going on, can"t diagnose, something is going on but can"t find idiopathic=don"t know what is going on. Generaolized tonic-clonic seizures tonic phase, you stiffen up everything firing hard. Seizures can be generalized or partial(focus) generalized=whole brain involved, outcome all over the place, usually altered level of consciousness partial=complex which are involved with decreased level of consciousness or simple guy walking around in circle automatism sometimes. Focal seizures can be diagnosed as tourette focal seizure=abnormalities on one side of brain, spike activity. In children, 3hz spikes, then back to normal activity, generalized seizure so they are out.
