Recurrent seizures

Recurrent seizures

1. Anatomy

   • Functional
     • Medial side
     • Lateral side

2. Terminology

   • Seizures
     • Epilepsy
       • Convulsions
         • An abnormal, sudden, violent, involuntary contraction of the muscles most typically seen during seizures.
       • A disorder characterized by 1)recurrent seizures 2)unprovoked by an acute insult.
     • A sudden, uncontrolled electrical disturbance in the brain, causing changes in: behavior, movements, or feelings & in levels of consciousness.
       • Causes
         • Idiopathic
         • Vascular diseases
         • Congenital
         • Trauma
         • Types
           • Signs and symptoms
             • Sudden falls
               • Jerky movements
                 • Confusion
               • Anxiety
             • Management
               • Myoclonic
                 • Tonic-clonic
                   • Absence
                     • Clonazepam
                     • Ethosuximide
                     • Valproic acid
                   • Phenytoin
                   • Carbamezepines
                 • Clonazepam
                 • Lamotriagine
                 • Valproic acid
               • Prognosis
                 • better when there is early detection and diagnosis of the condition, in addition to giving the effective treatment.
                 • Psychosocial impact
                   • Family impact
                   • Self depression
                     • Employment
                       • Women
                     • Education

3. Epidemeology

4. Stages

   • Aura
     • Ictus
       • Post-ictus
         • Status epilepticus
           • Life-threatening, acute prolonged epileptic crisis.
             • Defined by its duration - as continuous seizures occurring for longer than 30 minutes.

5. Investigations

   • EEG
     • Blood glucose
       • CBC
         • Head CT

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