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.
Untreated, petit mal seizures can recur as many as 100 times a day and may progress to grand mal seizures.
Epilepsy, or seizure.
Epilepsy is the medical condition characterized by both grand mal seizures (generalized tonic-clonic seizures) and petit mal seizures (absence seizures). Epilepsy is a neurological disorder that causes abnormal brain activity leading to seizures. Treatment typically involves medications to help control and manage the seizures.
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.
It is very rare for someone to die directly from a petit mal seizure. Petit mal seizures are typically brief and do not result in physical harm or complications that could lead to death. However, if a petit mal seizure occurs in a dangerous situation, such as while swimming or driving, there is a risk of harm or death from accidents related to the seizure.
anticonvulsants , indicated for the treatment of absence seizures (sometimes called petit mal seizures) associated with epilepsy and other seizure disorders.
So far as we know at this stage, there is no relationshipbetween absence seizures Previously known Petit Mal Seizures as found with epilepsy, and RA
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.
Please check with your vet, but the dog might be having petit mal seizures.
succinamides are used to control and prevent absence (petit mal) seizures associated with the disorder. Succinamides are most often used in conjunction with other anticonvulsant medications to control other types of seizures.
No. Seizures can be 'grand mal' which involve the tonic-clonic muscle movement you describe as convulsions. 'Petit mal' seizures can be absence seizures, most often seen in children, where the patient seems catatonic for a brief period. Partial seizures can involve only one small body area, and some seizures consist of just a recurrent tic which can evolve into a larger seizure. Even a hiccup is believed to be a type of mild seizure.
Petit mal seizures are not restricted to children Seizures also known as convulsions occur more often in children than in adults because the developing brain of a child is more sensitive to disturbances than the fully grown brain of an adultPetit mal seizures are usually brief and consist of vacant staring and loss of muscle tone, or, conversely, there may be muscle rigidity. Objects held in the hands may be dropped. Often, there is a brief blackout of memory. But rare in these milder seizures are such things as loss of continence, usually associated with the convulsive grand mal seizures, or with uncontrolled wild behavior, as in psychomotor seizures.