NURSE-UN 1243 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Partial Seizure, Status Epilepticus, Absence Seizure
29 Apr 2019
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Seizures are often symptoms of an underlying illness: seizures are divided into two major classes: generalized and focal. Generalized seizures - involve both sides of the brain and are characterized by bilateral synchronous epileptic discharges in the brain. Postictal phase for tonic-clonic characterized by muscle soreness, fatigue. May not feel normal for hours to days. No memory of seizure: typical absence seizures usually occur only in children and rarely continue beyond adolescence. Can be precipitated by flashing lights and hyperventilation. May occur up to 100 times/day when untreated: atypical absence seizure is characterized by a staring spell and accompanied by other manifestations, such as eye blinking or jerking. It includes brief warnings, peculiar behavior during the seizure, or confusion after the seizure. They have unilateral manifestations that arise from localized brain involvement: simple focal seizures do not involve loss of consciousness and rarely last longer than 1 minute, complex focal seizures involve a change or alteration in level of consciousness.
