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Why do you have to prevent injury in seizure patient?
A patient prone to seizures cannot protect themselves. A seizure causes falls. Once the seizure is underway, the patient needs (primarily) the head and airway protected. Seizure patients may also inhale saliva or vomit, which can then impair breathing.
Can seizure patients take steriod medications such predisone?
Yes, but you should ask your doctor or pharmacist just to be sure.
Do EMT's know how to handle patients while having a seizure?
Yes, EMTs are trained to handle people with seizures.
What is the prognosis for infantile spasms?
Infantile spasms usually resolve with or without treatment in the majority of patients, generally by mid-childhood. However, other seizure types arise in 50-70% of patients
Why antipsychotics are contraindicated in epileptic patients?
because ALL anti-psychotics may decrease seizure threshold (especially with Chlorpromazine and Clozapine)
Why do All testing come back normal but you still have seizures?
There are many causes of seizure. In some patients no cause can be found and all tests can be normal. This is called idiopathic seizure. The prognosis is relatively better if the CT and EEG are normal.
Is there a relationship between mild seizure disorder and depression?
Yes, there is a relationship. Depression and anxiety are the most common psychiatric comorbidity in epileptic patients.
What is a sentence for pierced?
The arrow pierced his heart.She wanted to get her belly button pierced.
Can antibiotics cause a grand mal seizure?
Short answer- Yes, in general antibiotics may cause a grand mal seizure. Long answer- In any specific case, maybe. People who are sick and getting antibiotics are more likely to have a seizure from the underlying illness, and potentially the associated fever. There is a concept of a seizure threshold. Think of the brain like a pot of water, and a seizure like boiling. Anything that raises the temperature (metaphorically) increases the chances of having a seizure. These can include generally being sick, a high fever, electrolyte abnormalities, genetic propensity, and certain medications. Also medications can interfere with the metabolism of seizure medications and in some people the infection involves the brain, and can cause seizures. Some antibiotics (but not all) are known to lower the seizure threshold, and have a slight increase in the number of seizures, usually a few patients in every thousand treated. Justin Montanye, MD
How may porencephaly be said to occur rarely?
A 1984 study of 18,000 patients with seizure disorder or retarded neural development that 11 had porencephaly, a rate of 1:1650 in that abnormal population.
What happens after a seizure?
The symptoms after a seizure is called "post ictal"= mening the state after a seizure. Most patients after a grand mal seizure (convulsions) are confused. They might stare in the space, they might talk and communicate but they are not aware of what they are doing. They must not be allowed to drive or operate machinery and they must avoid heights to avoid fall and injury. If the convulsions were strong, they might experience muscle pains and headaches. At this post-ictal state, most patients might already have boitten tongue or might be incontinent of urine. In sum, it is a state of confusion.
What is the Hebrew word for seizure?
seizure (medical) = hetkef (התקף) seizure (grabbing) = tfisah (תפיסה)
