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What are the symptoms of myoclonic seizures?
Generalized clonic seizures are rare and seen typically in children with elevated fever. These seizures are characterized by a rapid loss of consciousness, decreased muscle tone, and generalized spasm that is followed by jerky movements.
What is the difference between myoclonus and clonic spasm?
Myoclonic seizures involve an extremely brief (< 0.1 second) muscle contraction and can result in jerky movements of muscles or muscle groups.Clonic seizures are myoclonus that are regularly repeating at a rate typically of 2-3 per second
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 do sensory seizures consist of?
Sensory seizures begin with numbness or tingling in one area. The sensation may move along one side of the body or the back before subsiding.
What is a myoclonus jerk?
The medical phrase is "myoclonic tremor". It is caused by either an injury or condition that affects the nervous system, literally the nerves. Myoclonic tremor is often from a spinal injury. Myoclonic refers to the frequency and quality of the tremor, e.g. fast, slow, rhythmic, etc. Myoclonic can be further distinguished as tonic or clonic, which refers to the degree of musle rigidity that occurs during the myoclonic tremor. Note that the words jerk, jerks, or jerking are offensive to a person who has tremors.
What are the type of seizures?
There are actually six types of seizures. 1. Grand Mal - Unconsciousness, convulsions, muscle rigidity 2. Absence - Brief loss of consciousness 3. Myoclonic - Sporadic jerking movements 4. Clonic - Repetitive jerking movements 5. Tonic - Muscle stiffness and rigidity 6. Atonic - Loss of muscle tone
What medications are used to treat complex partial seizures?
Neurontin (gabapentin), Lamictal (lamotrigine), and topiramate (Topamax).treat adults who have partial seizures or partial and grand mal seizures. Another new medication called Levetiracetam (Keppra) has been approved.
What do visual seizures consist of?
Auditory seizures affect the part of the brain that controls hearing and cause the patient to imagine voices, music, and other sounds.
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.
Do all seizures have convulsions?
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.
What is the spasm right as you drift off to sleep?
It is a myoclonic or hypnic jerk.
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.
