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anoxia
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lacking oxygen to the brain.
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aura
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manifests as the perception of a strange light, an unpleasant smell or confusing thoughts or experiences. Some people experience aura without a subsequent migraine or seizure.
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complex focal seizures
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affecting awareness or memory of events before, during and immediately after the seizure and affecting behavior.
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convulsions
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when a person's body shakes rapidly and uncontrollably. during convulsions the person's muscles contract and relax repeatedly.
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epilepsy
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a brain disorder involving repeated, spontaneious seizures of any type.
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febrile seizures
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convulsions brought on by a fever in infants or small children.
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generalized seizure
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affects both cerebral hemispheres from the beginning if the seizure. they produce loss of consciousness, either briefly or for a longer period of time, and are categorized into several major types: generalized tonic clonic, myoclonic, absence and atonic.
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gingival hyperplasia
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overgrowth of the gingiva characterized by firm, nonpainful swellings associated with the gingiva.
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hirsutism
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having an overabundance of hair. a person with hirsutism is said to be hirsute.
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myoclonic seizure
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characterized by jerking movements of a muscle or muscle group, without loss of consciousness.
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petit mal seizure
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absence seizure involves a brief loss of awareness, which can be accompanied by blinking or mouth twitching.
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seizure threshold
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refers to a person's susceptibility to seizures.
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simple focal seizures
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affects only one part of the brain. symptoms depend on which part is affected.
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status epilepticus
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an epileptic seizure that lasts more than 30 minutes; a constant or near-constant state of having seizures. status epilepticus is a health crisis, and requires immediate treatment.
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tonic-clonic (grand mal) seizures
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the most common and best known type of generalized seizure. they begin with stiffening of the limbs (the tonic phase), followed by jerking of the limbs and face (the clonic phase).
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