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What are the two main types of Epilepsy?
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General
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What are the two types of General Epilepsy?
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Tonic/Clonic (Grand Mal)
& Absence |
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What is General Epilepsy
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When the whole brain is involved in abnormal electrical activity
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What are the phases of Tonic/Clonic epilepsy? Explain them.
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Prodrome - Feeling a bit off - sense of seizure coming
Aura - 'Closing in', darkness, etc Ictus - a) Tonic - rigid, maybe blue, maybe salivate, b)Clonic - shaking, jerking, etc Post-Ictal - Bit unresponsive, limp, slowly come out of it |
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What is an Absence (Petit Mal)
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Where individual has no shaking, jerking, but goes limp, vacant, lack of activity and responses
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How long would an Absence last typically?
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2-10 secs
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What are two types of Partial Seizures?
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- Simple Partial Seizures
- Complex Partial Seizures |
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What is a Partial Seizure?
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Focused or localised within a particular area within the brain
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What are some aspects of a Simple Partial Seizure?
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- Is common in the Motor Strip
- Part of a limb may be affected, and can progress to rest of the body (Grand Mal) - Can be also speech and visual seizures (e.g. sounds, see flashes, hear ringing) |
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What are some aspects of a Complex Partial Seizure?
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- There are elaborate symptoms
- Cognitive and affective symptoms - Sensory - visual and auditory distortions (see images, smell things) - psychic - impending doom, etc - Somatomotor - lip smacking, picking, etc - Not as understood by general population |
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What is Status Epilepticus
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When a persons seizures progress into a continuous period of seizures. It can cause breathing problems.
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What possible causes of Status Epilepticus?
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- Sudden cessation of meds
- hypoxic/metabolic encephalography - infection |
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Can Intractable Seizures be controlled?
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no
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How is diagnosis done for Epilepsy?
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- Rule out all other causes
- EEG, MRI, fMRI, PET SPECT |
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Discuss treatment of Epilepsy
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- 70% medication effectiveness
- gotta watch out for drug toxicity |
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What are some Preventative Factors for Epilepsy?
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- Proper diet
- Good sleep quality - avoid hyperventilation - Control stress, - Watch out for infections - Exercise - Lie down if Aura experienced |
