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Limp posture and a brief period of unconsciousness are features of akinetic seizures, which occur in young children. Akinetic seizures, which cause the child to fall, also are called drop attacks.
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What is another name for atonic seizures?
Atonic seizures are also called "drop attacks"
How do seizures change when children grow older?
The types of seizures often change. In most cases, the drop seizures subside. They are replaced by partial, complex partial, and secondarily generalized convulsions.
What do akinetic seizures consist of?
Limp posture and a brief period of unconsciousness are features of akinetic seizures, which occur in young children. Akinetic seizures, which cause the child to fall, also are called drop attacks.
What are the demographics of corpus callosotomy?
Children with "drop attacks," or atonic seizures, in which a sudden loss of muscle tone causes the child to fall to the floor. It is also performed in people with uncontrolled generalized tonic-clonic, or grand mal, seizures.
What happens in drop attacks?
In drop attacks, the child falls suddenly to the ground. This may be because the legs suddenly fold up (atonic seizure) or stiffen (tonic seizures), or because of a violent jerk (myoclonic seizure) that throws the child to the floor.
How would you dispose rescue remedies for seizures?
seizures
how is hypoglycemia related to seizures?
how is hypoglycemia related to seizures?
WHY DO Neurosurgeons sever the corpus callosum in human patients in order to reduce?
Reduce seizures.
Does Star Wars The Force Unleashed cause seizures?
If you have a problem with seizures almost every video game can "cause" seizures.
What are the dangers when taking Oxycontin 40mg and carbamazepine for seizures?
Why would you take Oxycontin/Oxycodone for seizures? It isn't used for seizures!
Can Chemotherapy cause seizures?
Yes they can cause seizures. it depends what type of person you are like if your immune system is weak you can have seizures.
Can a cat have petit seizures?
My dog had seizures before she passed. In animals it can be common. But if these seizures Increase, I would recommend a vet
