An epileptic seizure in itself, no matter if it's grand mal, doesn't do any direct damage in itself, but if you fall and bang your head, accidents are the only things that could cause damage :-)
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A petit mal seizure will not kill a person.
Anesthesia for amniocentesis, patient has petit mal epilepsy
Anesthesia for amniocentesis, patient has petit mal epilepsy
epilepsy
Untreated, petit mal seizures can recur as many as 100 times a day and may progress to grand mal seizures.
It is not good to have any kind of seizure. The only thing that can be said is that having a petit mal seizure is better than having a grand mal seizure.
Grand mal epilepsy is a major seizure and petit mal epilepsy is a minor seizure. A grand mal epilepsy seizure is a seizure that causes a person to have a loss of consciousness, loss of muscle coordination and can cause loss of bowel and bladder. Petit mal epilepsy seizures may cause uncontrollable twitching or movement in a smaller part of the body. Both petit mal epilepsy and grand mal epilepsy seizures are caused by too much activity in the brain.
Epilepsy, or seizure.
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An absence seizure or a petit mal.
A petit mal seizure lasts 15-20 seconds. When it ends, the individual resumes whatever he or she was doing before the seizure began, will not remember the seizure, and may not realize that anything unusual happened.
It can happen sometimes, but some petit mal seizures are so minor that they will be aware it is happening and it will not affect their concentration.