Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Seizures
- a transient occurrence of signs or symptoms due to abnormal
excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain
- Stages
- Aura
- Perceived sounds, tastes, or smells,
Flash of light, “déjà vu” feeling
- Ictus
- Tonic or Clonic
- Amnesia
- Postictal
- Numbness, Headache, Fatigue,
Partial paralysis
- Etiology
- Provoked
- Drugs, alcohol withdrawal, Imbalances
(electrolytes, hypoglycemia)
- Non-epileptic
- Psychological condition, muscle disorder
- Epileptic
- Brain injury, or inherited
- Two or more, Unprovoked seizures=
- Epilepsy
- Risk Factors
- Sleep deprivation, Missed doses of anti-epileptic drugs,
Alcohol withdrawal, Physical and mental exhaustion,
Flickering lights, recurrent infections, Loud noises
- Classification
- Management
- First aid
- Medications
- Inhibit the Activation
- Activate the Inhibition
- Investigation
- ECG
- Lab tests
- Full blood count
Calcium Magnesium
Urea & electrolytes
Liver Function tests