SSTattler: Epileptic Seizure can happen in a ischemic/haemorrhaging stroke but epileptic seizure effects the transient symptom synchronous neuronal activity (electrical) and a stroke damaging part of the tissue of the brain. See the definition below and YouTube video.
Definition: Epileptic Seizure From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
An epileptic seizure, occasionally referred to as a fit, is defined as a transient symptom of "abnormal excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain". The outward effect can be as dramatic as a wild thrashing movement (tonic-clonic seizure) or as mild as a brief loss of awareness (absence seizure). It can manifest as an alteration in mental state, tonic or clonic movements, convulsions, and various other psychic symptoms (such as déjà vu or jamais vu). Sometimes it is not accompanied by convulsions but a full body "slump", where the person simply will lose body control and slump to the ground. The medical syndrome of recurrent, unprovoked seizures is termed epilepsy, but seizures can occur in people who do not have epilepsy.
About 4% of people will have an unprovoked seizure by the age of 80 and the chance of experiencing a second seizure is between 30% and 50%. Treatment may reduce the chance of a second one by as much as half. Most single episode seizures are managed by primary care physicians (emergency or general practitioners), whereas investigation and management of ongoing epilepsy is usually done by neurologists. Difficult-to-manage epilepsy may require consultation with an epileptologist, a neurologist with an interest in epilepsy.
Classification Main Article: Seizure Types
Clinicians organize different types of seizure according to whether the source of the seizure within the brain is localized (partial- or focal-onset seizures) or distributed (generalized seizures). Partial seizures are further divided on the extent to which consciousness is affected (simple partial seizures and complex partial seizures). If consciousness is unaffected, then it is a simple partial seizure; otherwise it is a complex partial seizure. A partial seizure may spread within the brain — a process known as secondary generalization. Generalized seizures are divided according to the effect on the body, but all involve loss of consciousness. These include absence, myoclonic, clonic, tonic, tonic–clonic, and atonic seizures. A mixed seizure is defined as the existence of both generalized and partial seizures in the same patient.Following standardization proposals published in 1970, outdated terms such as "petit mal", "grand mal", "Jacksonian", "psychomotor", and "temporal-lobe seizure" have fallen into disuse.
See the full article Epileptic Seizure From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Is It a Seizure or a Stroke?
Seizures can result from strokes. Learn more about the relationship between these two common conditions.
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Epilepsy - Types of Seizures
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Partial seizures begin in a limited area of the brain. Each type of partial seizure is profoundly different.Understanding Generalized Seizures
Although generalized seizures are characterized by electrical activity throughout the brain, each is profoundly different.10 Truths About Epilepsy
Up to 3 million people have epilepsy in America, yet myths about the disease still abound. Get the facts here!What Causes Epilepsy?
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Seizures can be scary, but they are often manageable once diagnosed, however, what if what you are experiencing isn't really a seizure? This video presents an overview of seizure imitators.Fewer Than 1 in 4 Newborns With Ischemic Stroke Have Subsequent Seizures
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -- Neonates with arterial ischemic stroke are at increased risk for having at least one seizure in the following months, but this may not warrant prolonged prophylactic anticonvulsant therapy, according to a report in Pediatrics for June.Samantha Para and the Boston Celtics - Helping Children's Hospital Boston
(SSTattler: As well see Saturdays News - Oct/6/2012 - Pre-Natal & Kids had Stroke)
In this video Samantha shares her passion for the Celtics and what it means to her to be able to go to a game.
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