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Epilepsy & Seizure Disorders
Emily Sterling
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What is a Seizure?
•Electrical activity in the brain•Seizures are not a disease in themselves, but are symptoms of many disorders•Nature of seizures varies, as each lobe of the brain controls different actions
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Types of Seizures
Generalized (local) seizures:
• Produced by electrical impulses throughout entire brain
• Most common: grand-mal seizure
Partial (focal) seizures:
• Produced by electrical impulses from a small part of brain
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Generalized Seizures (produced by entire brain)
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Partial Seizures(produced by small area of the brain)
Partial: Symptoms:Simple (awareness retained)a. Simple Motorb. Simple Sensoryc. Simple Psychological
a. Jerking, muscle rigidity, spasms, head-turning
b. Unusual sensations affecting senses
c. Memory/emotional disturbances
Complex (impairment of awareness)
Lip smacking, chewing, fidgeting, walking, repetitive (involuntary but coordinate) movements
Partial seizure w/ secondary generalization
Symptoms initially associated with reservation of consciousness, evolves into loss of consciousness and convulsions
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What Can Cause Seizures?
• Alcohol withdrawal• Bites/stings• Brain infections
(meningitis)• Brain injury• Brain defect present at
birth• Choking• Drug Abuse• Drug withdrawals• Electrolyte imbalance
• Electric shock• Epilepsy• Extremely high/low blood pressure• Fever• Head trauma• Kidney/liver failure• Low blood sugar• Poisoning• Stroke
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Can Seizures Be Prevented?
•Epilepsy cannot be fully prevented•Seizures associated with epilepsy can be• Medications• Handle the triggers of seizures
•Avoid drugs and alcohol
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Who Gets Seizures?• Epilepsy/Seizures can develop in any person at any age
• More common in young children and older people• New cases most common among children’s first year of life
• 1/26 people will develop epilepsy in their lifetime• Rate of new cases drops until age 10, then becomes stable• After age 55, rate of new cases starts to increase
• Health conditions, age, and race may make developing epilepsy more likely
• 4th most common neurological condition• Affects more than 65 million people worldwide.
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First Aid for a Seizure Victim
1. Care and Comfort: general first aid for ALL seizures types to keep the individual safe
2. Tailoring First Aid: specific steps for different seizure types
3. Responding to Seizures: A. As-needed medicine (Rectal Valium)
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