What is seizures and its types?
Absence seizures, sometimes called petit mal seizures, can cause rapid blinking or a few seconds of staring into space. Tonic-clonic seizures, also called grand mal seizures, can make a person. Cry out. Lose consciousness. Fall to the ground.
What’s the difference between a seizure and a fit?
A seizure (the medical term for a fit or convulsion) occurs when there is a sudden burst of electrical activity in the brain temporarily interfering with the normal messaging processes. The brain affects the whole of the body and so where the seizure occurs in the brain, will affect different parts of the body.
Why do I have seizures when I use the computer?
I have been using the computer a lot more lately during the day and in the evening or during the night (when I am the most prone for getting them) I have been having mini-seizures. Do you think there could be a connection? I have simple partial epilepsy.
What kind of seizures can cause altered awareness?
Focal seizures that cause altered awareness are called focal unaware seizures or complex partial seizures. The electrical activity of the seizure can remain in one sensory or motor area of the brain, resulting in a focal aware seizure (also called simple partial seizure).
What kind of seizures do people with epilepsy have?
Seizures are classified into two groups. Complex focal seizures can make a person with epilepsy confused or dazed. The person will be unable to respond to questions or direction for up to a few minutes. Secondary generalized seizures begin in one part of the brain, but then spread to both sides of the brain.
What kind of seizures do people with intellectual disability have?
Many persons with tonic seizures have a syndrome called Lennox Gastaut syndrome. This condition may involve intellectual disability, multiple seizure types including tonic seizures. People with Lennox Gastaut syndrome can have a distinctive EEG pattern called slow spike and wave.