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Over 40 Different Types Of Seizures.......
Sat, 05/06/2006 - 23:47It has been said repeatedly that there are over 40 different types of seizures with more or less only the most 'popular' listed. Let's see if we can locate the ones that aren't. These types of seizures affect someone and I feel need to be noted. I'm curious to see how many can be located. Anyone interested in helping me find them, please list what you find here along with their description. Thank you! Take care and have a good day!
-Spiz
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Submitted by spiz on Sun, 2006-05-07 - 17:09
Eclampsia:
Convulsions are the other most common feature of this syndrome. Convulsions are the most common neurologic manifestation in eclampsia because the occurrence of convulsions confirms the diagnosis of eclampsia. Convulsions are usually generalized tonic-clonic in nature. Usually a brief single seizure occurs. Multiple seizures can also occur; however, status epilepticus is rare. Partial seizures or complex partial seizures can also occur. The seizures can occur prepartum, intrapartum, or postpartum. If the seizure occurs postpartum, it usually occurs within the first 24 hours after delivery; however, late postpartum eclamptic convulsions are by no means rare and have been reported as late as 23 days postpartum.
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Submitted by spiz on Sun, 2006-05-07 - 17:36
Benign Neonatal Seizures:
Benign neonatal convulsions are defined as seizures with onset after birth through day 28 in an otherwise healthy child with no other known medical or neurological problems. Such cases may be familial or isolated. Psychomotor development should be normal for a full-term or near full-term infant with benign convulsions. Between seizures, findings on neurologic examination should be normal. Clinically, the seizures are frequent and brief, occasionally occurring many times within a day. The episodes usually resolve within days but may continue for several months and have no neurological sequelae. The occurrence of status epilepticus is common in benign idiopathic neonatal convulsions (BINC) but is uncommon in benign familial neonatal convulsions (BFNC). Because BINC is a diagnosis of exclusion, it is nearly always made in retrospect, when the seizures spontaneously resolve and the infant is found to have neurologically normal development.
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Submitted by spiz on Sun, 2006-05-07 - 16:50
Epilepsia Partialis Continua EPC is a form of partial SE(Status Epilepticus) with simple motor manifestations that are maintained for over 1 hour, with clonic activity restricted to one body part and recurring at fairly regular intervals. The following modifying factors apply: * Motor activity often is modified by sensory stimuli. * Frequency is usually 0.1-6 Hz. * An occurrence of EPC can continue for long periods of time (sometimes years) without spreading, although spread can occur at times. * EPC often is associated with postictal or interictal weakness. * Clinical evolution distinguishes 2 forms (ie, Bancaud type 1, Bancaud type 2): type 1 is usually symptomatic of a focal brain lesion, and the prognosis is the same as that of the associated lesion; type 2 is associated with progressive, idiopathic, neurological deterioration, usually in the form of Rasmussen encephalitis.