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What area of the brain is affected by partial seizures?
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Affect 1 area of the brain, medial temporal lobe
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What are the two types of Partial seizures?
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Simple partial - conciousness intact, motor, sensory, autonomic, psychic
Complex partial - impaired consciousness |
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What is the pathology of epilepsy?
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Disorder of recurrent seizures
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What is the pathology of Status epilepticus?
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Continuous seizure for >30 minutes or recurrent seizures without regaining consciousness between seizures for >30 minutes
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What are the most common causes of seizures in kids?
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Genetic, infection, trauma, congenital, metabolic
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What are the most common causes of seizures in adults?
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Tumors, trauma, stroke, infection
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What are the most common causes of seizures in the elderly?
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Stroke, tumor, trauma, metabolic, infection
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What are the symptoms of an absent (petit-mal) seizure?
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Blank stare, no postictal confusion
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What are the symptoms of a myoclonic seizure?
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Quick, repetitive jerks
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What are the symptoms of a tonic-clonic (grand mal) seizure?
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Alternating stiffening and movement
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What are the symptoms of a tonic seizure?
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Stiffening
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What are the symptoms of a atonic seizure?
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"drop" seizures (falls to the floor), commonly mistaken for fainting
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