Petit mal seizure
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Petit mal seizure
Alternate Names : Seizure - petit mal, Absence seizure, Seizure - absence
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Petit Mal Seizure - Absence Seizure
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Petit mal seizures occur most commonly in people under age 20, usually in children ages 6 to 12.
Petit mal seizures often affect people younger than 20, and children between the ages of 6 and 12 are most likely to have them. This type of seizure can run in families. Most children with petit mal seizures have an otherwise normal neurologic system.
Petit mal seizures include a brief loss of consciousness but there is not associated motor dysfunction and there is no aura prior to the seizure.
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Typical petit mal seizures are extremely short in duration, lasting only a few seconds. Petit mal seizures appear as staring episodes or "absence spells." During one of these seizures, speech and activity cease.
Absence or petit mal seizures - the person may experience a short period of impaired consciousness, followed by staring into space and perhaps mild twitching of muscle groups ...
Absence or petit mal seizures: These are most common in childhood.
Impairment of consciousness is present with the person often staring blankly.
Repetitive blinking or other small movements may be present.
absence seizures (also called petit mal seizures)
These seizures are characterized by a brief altered state of consciousness and staring episodes. Typically, the person's posture is maintained during the seizure.
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Another well known generalized seizure is the absence seizure, also called petit mal seizure, because the clinical symptoms are not as dramatic as with the generalized tonic clonic seizures.
Typical absence seizures (formerly called petit mal seizures consist of 10- to 30-sec loss of consciousness with eyelid fluttering; axial muscle tone may or may not be lost.
An individual having a petit mal seizure becomes very quiet and may blink, stare blankly, roll the eyes, or move the lips.
Absence or petit mal seizures are another kind of generalized seizure. The seizure is brief, lasting several seconds to a few minutes. The person suddenly stops what they are doing. They seem to be daydreaming or "staring into space.
Absence or petit mal seizure: a short period of staring, fluttering eyelids, or twitching of facial muscles. Each seizure may last only 10 to 30 seconds, but hundreds may happen each day. Usually you do not remember the seizure.
A petit mal seizure involves a brief loss of awareness, which can be accompanied by blinking or mouth twitching. Petit mal seizures have a very characteristic appearance on an electroencephalogram (EEG).
The most effective medications for petit mal seizures include ethosuximide (Zarontin), valproic acid (Depakene) and lamotrigine (Lamictal).
Absence seizure — also known as petit mal seizure — involves a brief, sudden lapse of conscious activity. Occurring most often in children, an absence seizure may look like the person is merely staring into space for a few seconds.
Healthopedia.com - Absence Seizure (Petit Mal Seizure)
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Seizure Recognition: Absence Seizures
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Absence seizures are one of several kinds of seizures. These seizures are sometimes referred to as petit mal seizures (from the French for "little illness", a term dating from the late 1700s).
Absence seizures (formerly called petit mal seizures) are a common type of generalized seizure that typically starts in childhood and typically stops when the child reaches puberty.
A type of generalized seizure, which does not result in loss of consciousness but an altered state for a very short period of time, usually lasting less than 20 seconds. Also called a Petit Mal Seizure
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[1] While other conditions may cause a moderate deterioration (e.g., dementia and delirium) or transient interruption (e.g., grand mal and petit mal seizures) of consciousness, they are not included in this category.
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 See also: Seizure, Seizures, Symptom, Epilepsy, Consciousness
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