Seizure / Epilepsy

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Seizure / Epilepsy

Seizure is abnormal electrical brain activity. Epilepsy = 2 unprovoked seizures. Types: focal (aware/impaired awareness), generalized (tonic-clonic, absence). First seizure requires full workup.

seizure epilepsy convulsion tonic-clonic grand mal petit mal absence seizure
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Epilepsy is a brain disorder that causes people to have recurring seizures. The seizures happen when clusters of nerve cells, or neurons, in the brain send out the wrong signals. People may have strange sensations and emotions or behave strangely. They may have violent muscle spasms or lose consciousness.Epilepsy has many possible causes, including illness, brain injury, and abnormal brain development. In many cases…

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