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Anesthesia for amniocentesis, patient has petit mal epilepsy
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What is the cpt code for Amniocentesis Patient has petit mal epilepsy?
Anesthesia for amniocentesis, patient has petit mal epilepsy
Grand mal and petit mal are to types of disease called?
Epilepsy, or seizure.
Form of epilepsy in which there is a loss of awareness without a seizure?
An absence seizure or a petit mal.
How do petit mal seizures differ from grand mal 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.
How does petit mal epilepsy develop?
You can get it by trauma to the head or you can be born with it, I haven't heard of any other way to get it ;-)
What should you do is a patient has a petit mal seizure?
Nothing
Which medical condition is characterized by grand mal and petit mal?
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.
What are Oxazolindinediones?
anticonvulsants , indicated for the treatment of absence seizures (sometimes called petit mal seizures) associated with epilepsy and other seizure disorders.
Types of Epilepsy Seizure?
There is temporal lobe epilepsy (which is the most common), frontal lobe epilepsy, parietal lobe epilepsy, and occipital lobe epilepsy. however, seizures are catagorized into two catagories: focal seizures and generalized seizures.
Can rheumatoid arthritis have anything to do with absence seizures?
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
Does epilepsy cause someone to be very dreamy and switched-off?
During a minor or what is called a petit mal seizure, someone can appear that way. More serious seizures will cause greater problems and someone may collapse or become unconscious. Epilepsy only causes a problem when the person is having a seizure. When someone with epilepsy is not having a seizure they will act normally and will not appear dreamy or switched off.
Can a person having petit mal drive?
This is a question that should be addressed to a doctor who knows the individual involved and knows their case history and other important facts, like how often they have their seizures. In general, anyone who has any form of epilepsy is taking a risk when driving. A momentary lapse in concentration for an ordinary driver can result in an accident. Someone having epilepsy, even if they are very minor petit-mal seizures, is potentially putting their life and the lives of other people in danger.
