recurrent seizures

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Mind Map on recurrent seizures, created by lolita klol on 11/10/2018.
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recurrent seizures
  1. anatomy
          1. definition of seizure
            1. A sudden, uncontrolled electrical disturbance in the brain, causing changes in: behavior, movements, or feelings & in levels of consciousness.
              1. Due to an abnormal, excessive, hypersynchronous discharge of a population of cortical neurons. (30 seconds to 2 minutes)
                1. pathology
                2. Epilepsy
                  1. A disorder characterized by
                    1. 1)recurrent seizures  2)unprovoked by an acute insult.
                      1. classifications
                          1. Investigations
                            1. EEG--- Blood glucose--- CBC--- Electrolyte panel Toxicology----screen Head CT
                      2. Seizures vs Epilepsy
                        1. What causes a seizure?
                          1. decrease in inhibitory NT OR increase excitatory NT or its receptors
                            1. causes in children
                                1. causes in both
                                    1. metabolic disorders causing seizures
                                  1. pharmacological treatment
                              1. Convulsions
                                1. An abnormal, sudden, violent, involuntary contraction of the muscles most typically seen during seizures
                                  1. Also, not all convulsions are due to seizures.
                                  2. Phases of a seizure
                                    1. Aura stage
                                      1. Ictus Stage
                                        1. Postictal Stage
                                      2. continuous seizures occurring for longer than 30 minutes.
                                    2. epidemiology
                                      1. Approximately 50 million people currently live with epilepsy worldwide. The estimated proportion of the general population with active epilepsy (i.e. continuing seizures or with the need for treatment) at a given time is between 4 and 10 per 1000 people. However, some studies in low- and middle-income countries suggest that the proportion is much higher, between 7 and 14 per 1000 people.
                                        1. Globally, an estimated 2.4 million people are diagnosed with epilepsy each year. In high-income countries, annual new cases are between 30 and 50 per 100 000 people in the general population. In low- and middle-income countries, this figure can be up to two times higher.
                                      2. Signs & Symptoms
                                        1. Short attention blackouts, dazed behavior, memory gaps, mumbling or no response
                                          1. Sudden falls, frequent stumbling or unusual clumsiness
                                            1. Unusual sleepiness and irritability when woken up
                                          2. Warning signs of a seizure
                                            1. AURA
                                              1. vision, hearing, smelling hallucination
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