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With regard to grand mal seizures, it usually only takes one or more to be disruptive enough to warrant seeking medical help. If you have more than one seizure, and you continue to have them, then you are usually diagnosed with epilepsy. Your doctor will start you on medication to see if that will keep them under control. 60 to 70 percent of people with epilepsy are able to keep it under control with medication. With the other 30 to 40 percent there are other alternatives.
Now, there are other forms of seizures that can often go undiagnosed. These are called the petit mal seizures. They generally take of the form of lapses of consciousness for a very short period of time (usually on the order of seconds). During this time, a person's expression will usually "freeze" into a blank expression or smile, they appear to be dazed, and then they return to normalcy a few seconds later. This form of seizure is often benign and short-lived in duration, while it can remain persistent.
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Describe ways that medication can be used to control seizures?
stops all seizures in about two thirds of who have seizures and it also controls the electrical activities in the brain reducing chances of having seizures.
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Simple partial seizures occur in patients who are conscious, whereas complex partial seizures demonstrate impaired levels of consciousness.
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Seizures due to fever are common in children. However, the cause of fever should be investigated to avoid repeat febrile seizures.
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It can. It is not always the case that it will happen, but a brain injury is one significant cause of seizures. Many people have their first seizures after sustaining a head injury.
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can seizures in children be prevented?
Well, a treatment to prevent them are antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), and there are also other ways that can help, such as staying in healthy condition and eating a well-balanced diet. If you want to learn more about preventing seizures in your child, go to www.uptodate.com, search seizures, and go down to the topic Treatment of seizures and epileptic syndromes in children.
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Seizures in most of the cases are not a sign of cerebral palsy. Most of the patients, who get seizures before attaining the adulthood are idiopathic. That is due to no known cause. When seizures start after thirty years of age, they may be due to some neoplasm in the brain. You have to go for CAT scan in such cases.
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I have read an article about the connection between febrile seizures and autism. It suggests that febrile seizures which go on to progress to 'status epilepticus' may cause brain damage and result in autistic traits. The article is called "Febrile Seizures and the Amygdala in autism spectrum disorders" by Teresa Binstock.
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How would you dispose rescue remedies for seizures?
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