3.8 Seizure Scheme

Question 1

What is epilepsy?

Answer 1

•Epilepsy is a disorder in which there is a tendency to have recurrent unprovoked seizures.

Question 2

Most common cause of seizures in infancy and childhood?

Answer 2

•febrile seizures, congenital disorders, perinatal injury.

Question 3

Most common cause in patients over 60?

Answer 3

cerebrovascular disease

Question 4

Causes of provoked epileptic seizures?

Answer 4

Alcohol & drug withdrawal

Drug intoxication (Iatrogenic seizures)

Hyponatremia, hypernatremia

Hypomagnesium

Hypocalcemia (thyroid or parathyroid surgery)

Hypoglycemia (diabetics on insulin)

Nonketotic hyperglycemia

Uremia (Renal failure)

Hypoxia (Cardiac or respiratory arrest)

Hyperthyroidism

Dialysis disequilibrium syndrome

Porphyria