A seizure can be viewed as a symptom of an underlying central nervous system disorder that requires thorough evaluation and specific treatment. In addition to the consequences of the seizures, 50% of those who have epilepsy experience learning difficulties, and 30% to 50% have mental health and...
Diagnosing a Seizure in a Child Diagnosing a seizure can be tricky. Seizures are over so quickly that your doctor probably will never see your child having one. The first thing a doctor needs to do is rule out other conditions, such as nonepileptic seizures. These may resemble seizures, but...
If recurrent, defined asepilepsyEpilepsyEpilepsy is a chronic brain disorder marked by recurrent and unprovoked seizures. These seizures can be classified as focal or generalized and idiopathic or secondary to another condition. Clinical presentation correlates to the classification of the epileptic disorde...
When a child has a convulsion, parents or other caregivers should do the following to try to protect the child from harm: Lay the child down on one side. Keep the child away from potential hazards (such as stairs or sharp objects). Do not put anything in the child’s mou...
Background Pseudoseizures may occur as a somatoform disorder in children and adolescents as well as adults. However, few data are available about psychiatric features or outcome in pediatric patients. Patients and Methods We studied 34 patients (25 girls [74%]) who were evaluated by a child psy...
Any child with repeated or prolonged seizures, trouble breathing, or who has been significantly injured should go to the hospital by ambulance.If the child has a history of seizures and there is something different about this one, such as duration of the seizure, part of body moving, a long...
Upon arrival to the emergency department, the patient had 4 clinically similar events noted as unresponsive with generalized convulsions without return to baseline between events. The patient did not have a history of seizures, CNS infection, head trauma, or febrile seizures as a child, or family...
Secondary analyses of two large cohorts identified neurodevelopmental abnormalities, complex febrile seizures, and a family history of epilepsy as predictors of unprovoked seizures. We present an analysis of children prospectively followed from their first febrile seizure to reassess these three factors, ...
Epileptic seizures in older adult patients: the conclusion of this two-part report looks into the management and therapeutic options available to clinicians treating this population.(FEATURE)Luggen, Ann Schmidt
Diagnosis requires advanced imaging such as computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to establish the presence of a structural abnormality. Therapy is directed both at tumor and seizure control to afford the best chance of successful management of dogs with brain tumors. 展开 ...