Convulsion

to induce vomiting when someone ingests a foreign, possibly toxic substance. It was so popular that people were told to keep ipecac around in the house just in case. It turns out this is a terrible idea. The reasoning is pretty simple. In most cases, common treatments for when someone ingests toxic substances, treatments like milk, or activated charcoal, are unhelpful, and in some cases, be harmful. Regardless of whether you are CPR or First Aid certified, you should always call Poison Control (1-800-222-1222) before doing anything at all. Seizure - is the physical findings or changes in behavior that occur after an episode of abnormal electrical activity in the brain. The term "seizure" is often used interchangeably with "convulsion." Convulsions occur when a person's body shakes rapidly and uncontrollably. Seizures are a very scary to witness. You may have heard that when you witness someone having a seizure, you should place an object between their teeth for them to bite down on so they don’t swallow or bite off their tongue. If your first aid knowledge is really old, you maybe also learned to restrain the victim. Both of these are incredibly wrong. Sticking something in a seizure victim’s mouth can cause them to choke, and restraining them can lead to broken bones or other injuries. Seizures are tough to watch, because you can’t really do anything. The best thing you can do is clear the area and try to make the victim as comfortable as possible. Beyond that, the…

responsive to anyone calling her name. A seizure… A sudden attack of illness. You never know when they will come but what exactly is the cause of them? You understand that you have triggers but sometimes new ones hop out of the blue. Truly, you can never know when to expect the seizure. What exactly is a seizure? Where do they come from? Who are prone to seizures? And how can they be prevented? Seizures can be caused by many things. A seizure is a sudden surge of electrical activity in the…

to have convulsions when they suffer from more than one convulsion which is not related to a clear cause such as fever, a head injury or drug use. A convulsion is caused by a sudden brief excess surge of electrical activity in the brain. Convulsion is one of the most common neurological disorders which affects almost 1% of the world’s population. 25% to 30% of convulsion patients can not be treated by medication or surgery, they suffer from so-called refractory convulsions [30, 56].…

In almost 70% of the patients with convulsions the convulsions can be controlled by using medication. A wide range of medication is available for convulsion control. When the medication doesn’t have a positive effect on the convulsions, different types of anticonvulsant drugs (AED) can be employed. However, the probability of an AED to be effective decreases with the number of different AEDs tested. Therefore, after trying out for example three different types of drugs, the neurologist may…

They are generally genetically determined, self limiting, occur during fever, in the absence of CNS infections. They are called simple, atypical, and benign seizures, usually occur as single seizure within 24 hours of the onset of fever, and lasts for less than 10 minutes. Majority febrile convulsions are generalized without any postictal stage. Febrile convulsions are managed by administration of antipyretic drug and/or hydrotherapy. Seizure is controlled by intravenous administration of…

One reason why electroconvulsive therapy is used, it has been demonstrated to be an effective and safe treatment for many mood disorders (American Psychiatric Association, 2001). The therapeutic benefit of electroconvulsive therapy is a clinical trial that is effective to treat major depression (Arshad, Arham, Arif, et al., 2007). This research project examines the effectiveness of electroconvulsive therapy in psychiatric patients and by using electrical stimuli to induce therapeutic…

multidisciplinary team can meet this challenge. The Obstetric management of severe pre eclampsia - eclampsia involves earliest delivery of the feto placental unit, which is the treatment part for pre eclampsia. The convulsion to delivery interval should be minimised to improve the maternal and perinatal outcome. The cases of severe pre eclampsia - eclampsia…

(Tharyan and Adams, 2009). During an ECT-induced seizure, an electric current flows through the frontal lobes of the brain and the seizure is quite short, usually lasting about 0.1 to six seconds long (Cameron, 1994). Schizophrenia is one of the most severe and debilitating of the psychiatric disorders and it generally comprises of delusions, hallucinations, disorganised speech and bizarre behaviour. These symptoms usually emerge in late adolescence or early adulthood and it is a lifelong…

satisfactory treatment becomes available[6]. The use of herbal medicines by physicians in Europe and Asia, exploring their traditionalremedies to find to a suitable cure of these “mind affecting disease” and herbal medicines are oftenconsidered to be gentle and safe alternative to synthetic drugs.[7] Even the WHO has recommendedthe evaluation of the plants effectiveness in condition where we lake safe modern drugs. This has ledan increase in demand of research on anticonvulsant natural product…

Simple FS are defined as seizures lasting less than 15 minutes and not reoccurring during a 24 hour period. The children consisted of 46 boys and 32 girls, with most of them being between the ages of 2-3. Enrollment occurred over a 48 month period through a private pediatric group practice and involved face-to-face or telephone interview investigation. The survey was conducted 2 weeks after the FS and the questionnaire was divided into 3 parts: details of the family and child, medical management…