Seizures in Children Overview
A seizure occurs when the brain functions abnormally, resulting in a change in movement, attention, or level of awareness.
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What is a seizure?
The brain is like a computer, run by electricity from chemical reactions. A seizure occurs when electrical parts of the brain are overactive.
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What is epilepsy?
Epilepsy is a neurological condition involving the brain that makes people more susceptible to having seizures.
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Definition of medical terminology for Seizures, Atonic Absence.
Seizures are classified as involving a small part of the brain (focal) and then spreading, or as involving the whole brain (generalized).
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Epilepsy is not a specific disease, but rather a tendency to have recurrent seizures over a period of time.
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What is a seizure?
A seizure is a symptom, not a disease. It happens when nerve cells in the brain function abnormally and there is a sudden abnormal electrical signal in the brain. The seizure can cause strange sensations and behavior.
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Tonic Seizures
Tonic seizures cause a brief loss of consciousness. The body becomes rigid and the person falls to the ground. There is no subsequent convulsion or clonic phase and the person regains consciousness.
Atonic seizures
During an atonic seizure (also called a drop attack) the muscles in your body relax and you go floppy. You may fall forwards to the ground, which can sometimes cause you to injure yourself.
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.
Febrile seizures - what to ask your doctor
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Your child has had a febrile seizure. A simple febrile seizure stops by itself within a few seconds to a few minutes. It is usually followed by a brief period of drowsiness or confusion.
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Absence seizures cause a short loss of consciousness (just a few seconds) with few or no symptoms. The patient, most often a child, typically interrupts an activity and stares blankly.
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Seizures that have been happening more often.
Side effects from medications.
Unusual behavior that was not present before.
Weakness, problems with seeing, or balance problems that are new.
If seizures are suspected, a brain scan - preferably a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan - will be used to check for scar tissue or structural abnormalities in the brain that could be causing the seizures.
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Fever seizures (sometimes called fever convulsions) are uncontrolled muscle spasms that can occur in children who have a rapid increase in body temperature. You may not even know your child has a fever.
Febrile seizures don't cause epilepsy. But the chance of epilepsy developing in a child who has had several febrile seizures is slightly higher than if he or she didn't have a febrile seizure.
Absence seizures usually occur only in children and young people. Most people with this type of epilepsy 'grow out of it' by the time they are adults.
Febrile seizures are classified as simple or complex:
Simple febrile seizures. These are the most common. They last from a few seconds to 15 minutes and stop on their own. After the seizure, your child may cry or be quite sleepy.
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Generalized seizures: All areas of the brain (the cortex) are involved in a generalized seizure. Sometimes these are referred to as grand mal seizures.
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The more severe seizures (epilepsia gravior or haut mal) seldom appear in all their gravity when the child first becomes subject to the disease.
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Seizures can cause sudden LOC but are not considered syncope. However, seizures must be considered in patients presenting for apparent syncope because history may be unclear or unavailable, and some seizures do not cause tonic-clonic convulsions.
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The cells in the brain, known as neurons, communicate with each other with electrical impulses. During a seizure, the electrical impulses are disrupted, which can cause the brain and body to behave strangely.
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Fever Seizures
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Fever seizures (sometimes called fever convulsions) are uncontrolled muscle spasms that can occur in children who have a rapid increase in body temperature. You may not even know your child has a fever.
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Absence seizures
In this type of attack, the person briefly loses awareness and stares into space (usually for less than 10 seconds) and makes an immediate recovery. During the attack the patient may blink their eyes.
Seizures are sometimes described as focal, which means that they originate from a specific region of the brain.
Seizures occur when the nerves inside the brain are temporarily changed due to abnormal electrical functioning. Seizures can be mild or severe.
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Seizures associated with ADPEAF usually begin in adolescence or young adulthood. They may be triggered by specific sounds, such as a ringing telephone or speech, but in most cases the seizures do not have any recognized triggers.
Seizures are the only visible symptom of epilepsy . There are different kinds of seizures, and symptoms of each type can affect people differently. Seizures typically last from a few seconds to a few minutes.
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Seizures can result from various diseases or injuries. Epileptic seizures may be associated with birth trauma, head injury, central nervous system infections, brain tumor, stroke, ingestion of toxic substances, or metabolic imbalance.
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Seizures and Genetics
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Seizures are caused by abnormal brain function. Seizure disorders can start at any age.
For most people it is not known what causes the malfunction. Some known causes include:
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