Epilepsy

Question 1

absence seizure: EEG findings, characteristics

Answer 1

3 Hz, blank stare, no postictal confusion

Question 2

most common causes of seizures in children

Answer 2

genetic, congenital, infection (febrile), metabolic

Question 3

most common causes of seizures in adults

Answer 3

tumors, trauma, stroke, infection

Question 4

most common causes of seizures in elderly

Answer 4

tumor, trauma, stroke, infection, metabolic

Question 5

what types of metabolic problems can cause seizures

Answer 5

low or high blood glucose. low sodium, low calcium, low magnesium

Question 6

factors that make a seizure non epileptic

Answer 6

seizure in clinic. Chronic pain, fibromyalgia, sexual abuse, ptsd, teddy bear sign

Question 7

treatment of epilepsy

Answer 7

surger, ketogenic diet, drugs, vagal nerve stimulation

Question 8

Mesial Temporal lobe epilepsy

Answer 8

Partial. begin in amygdala and hippocampus. Preceded by aura. Can secondarily generalize