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ETP New - Clonic Seizures
What are they like?
Clonic seizures consist of rhythmic jerking movements of the arms and legs, sometimes on both sides of the body.
How long do they last?
The length varies....
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ETP New - Diagnosis of Infant Seizures
Specially trained doctors called pediatric neurologists try to identify the cause of seizures in newborns and infants. Commonly recognized causes of epilepsy before the age of 1 year include:
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ETP New - Giving Medicine
Your child has just been diagnosed with epilepsy and the doctor has prescribed seizure medicine. But just giving Tylenol or Motrin for a fever now and then has always been a difficult task. How are you going to give two or three...
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ETP New - If a woman takes Lyrica during pregnancy, will it hurt the baby?
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lists Lyrica in Pregnancy Category C. This indicates that caution is advised, but the benefits of the medication may outweigh the potential...
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ETP New - Infantile Spasms
What is it like?
Here's a typical story: "At first I thought Chris was just having the little body jerks when he was moved or startled, like my other children had when they were infants. But then I knew something was wrong. The jerks...
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ETP New - Treatment of Seizures In Infants
The treatment of seizures in newborns and infants is determined by the type of seizure and its cause. In some cases, no therapy is needed because the seizure is an isolated event, such as a single seizure associated with a high fever....
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