epilepsy

Question 1

epilepsy ____ or more unprovoked seizures

Answer 1

two or more

Question 2

epilepsy has a tendency to

Answer 2

recurrent unprovoked seizures

Question 3

abnormal, clinically observable event

Answer 3

seizure

Question 4

seizure is associated with an abnormal “ hypersynchronous” discharge in the

Answer 4

EEG

Question 5

First aid for seizure?

Answer 5

keep the person safe, roll on side to prevent aspiration if vomit

Question 6

Most seizures stop on their own in

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<2 minutes

Question 7

bad SE having seizures?

Answer 7

• External injury

Question 8

seizure classification

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1. focal (-partial)

2. generalized

Question 9

great majority of chronic convulsion arranged in 2 classes

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1. spasm affects both side contemporaneously

2. spams begins on one side of the body and different parts are affected one by one

Question 10

new complex vs old definition

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old = impairment of consciousness
new= dyscognitive

Question 11

history- what to look for

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• focal/asymmetrical features
• sterotype/brief episodes
• randomness

Question 12

left hemisphere turns the

Answer 12

right

it is the right hemiworld demilord

Question 13

tod’s paralysis

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focal weakness in a part or all of the body after a seizure

Question 14

positive sign

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saw red stars

• addition of something

Question 15

negative sign

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no see anything

• take way or the absence

Question 16

early handedness

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hemiparesis

Question 17

when do kids become left or right dominant hand

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after 2yrs old

Question 18

pathological right handedness

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right hand because left hand does not works

Question 19

automatisms

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release of automatic behavior

Question 20

jacksonian march

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motor sign for a partial seizure

Question 21

temporal lobe signs

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fear, deja vu and jamais vu

Question 22

automatisms signs are

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release phenomenas where the seizure is occuring on the right hemisphere but the left side decides to run some autonomic programs and it shows on the right

• ipsilateral

Question 23

pachigiryae

Answer 23

more white matter, gyri is far apart from one another

Question 24

hemidemocephaly

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white smooth is indicative of issues

Question 25

mesial temporal sclerosis

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hippocampus becomes bright and small

Question 26

generalized seizures

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have a genetic component to it

Question 27

three types of generalized seizures

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1. absence
2. myoclonic
3. tonic-clonic