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Headaches & Seizures Flashcards

1
Q

Most common area affected by partial seizures

A

Medial temporal lobe

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2
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Simple Partial Seizure

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Consciousness intact

can be motor, sensory, autonomic or psychic

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3
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Complex Partial Seizure

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Impair consciousness

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4
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Seizure that affects one part of the brain

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Partial (Focal) Seizure

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5
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Disorder of recurrent seizures

A

Epilepsy

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6
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Continuous Seizure for >30minutes or recurrent seizures w/o regaining consciousness between seizures for >30minutes

A

Status Epilepticus

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7
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Causes of Seizures in Children

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Genetic, Trauma, Stroke, Infection

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Causes of Seizures in Elderly

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Stroke, Tumor, Trauma, Metabolic, Infection

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Causes of Seizures in Adults

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Tumors, Trauma, Stroke, Infection

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10
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3Hz, no postictal confusion, blank stare

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Generalized absence seizure (petit mal)

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11
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Quick, repetitive Jerks

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generalized myoclonic seizure

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Alternating Stiffening and movement

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Tonic-Clonic Seizure (grand mal)

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13
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Stiffening

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Tonic Generalized Seizure

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14
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Drop seizure (fall to floor)

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Atonic Generalized Seizure

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15
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A unilateral HA for 15min-3hrs, excruciating periorbital pain with lacrimation and rhinorrhea

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Cluster HA

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16
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Tx of Cluster HA

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Inhaled Oxygen, Sumatriptan

17
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BL HA >30minutes, typically 4-5hrs long, steady pain with no photophobia or phonophobia

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Tension HA

18
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Tx of Tension HA

A

Analgesics, NSAIDs, acetaminophen amitriptyline for chronic pain

19
Q

Unilateral, pulsating pain, photophobia, or phonophobia, may have aura 4-72hrs long

A

Migraine

20
Q

Irritation of CNV, meninges, or BVs (release of substance P, CGRP, vasoactive peptides)

A

Migraine

21
Q

Prophylaxis of Migraines

A

Propranolol, topiramate, CCB or amitriptyline

22
Q

Abortive therapy for migraines

A

Triptans and NSAIDs

23
Q

Repetitive shooting pain in the distribution of CNV that last <1min

A

Trigeminal Neuralgia

24
Q

sensation of spinning while being stationary

A

vertigo

25
Q

Delayed horizontal nystagmus in positional testing

A

peripheral vertigo

26
Q

Semicircular canal debris, vestibular nerve infection, Meniere disease

A

Peripheral vertigo

27
Q

Directional change of nystagmus, skew deviation, diplopia, dusmetria

A

Central Vertigo (could be from posterior fossa tumor or stroke of vestibular nuclei)

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