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Is Absence seizure a disease?
yes
What is the drug of choice for absence seizure?
Ethosuximide
Form of epilepsy in which there is a loss of awareness without a seizure?
An absence seizure or a petit mal.
Is it true a absence seizure is a brief disturbance in brain function in which there is loss of awareness?
Yes. That is exactly what an absence seizure is. You do not remember it, either. If it happens when a person is walking they can fall.
What are the most common symptoms of an absence seizure?
Common symptoms of an absence seizure could contain prolonged stillness, smacking the lips or making chewing movements with the mouth, rapid movements of the eyelids.
What is an absence?
An absence seizure is a brief period of unconsciousness (usually 5-10 seconds) when a person appears to be daydreaming or "spacing out." They do not fall over the are just unconscious and completely unaware of what is going on around them for that amount of time. After the seizure, they can feel disoriented so just comfort them and tell them what they missed.
Can you have a seizure and not know?
Yes, they are called by various names: absence seizures or silent seizures.
Which type of seizure is associated with an aura?
The petit mal or absence seizures often are. However, people having any kind of seizure can experience an aura. Partial Seizures are most often associated with auras. These all three of these are similar types of seizure.
What causes absence seizure?
Absence seizures are implicated with an abnormal imbalance of certain chemicals in the brain that modulate nerve cell activity (one of these neurotransmitters is called GABA, which functions as an inhibitor).
What does dalani mean?
having a seizure
What are Oxazolindinediones?
anticonvulsants , indicated for the treatment of absence seizures (sometimes called petit mal seizures) associated with epilepsy and other seizure disorders.
What is a generalized seizure?
Generalized status can preferentially manifest with tonic, clonic, absence, and/or myoclonic seizures. Hence, status can be merely a prolongation of commonly observed individual seizure types.
