Seizures Flashcards
1
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Focal onset awareness (simple-partial) seizure
A
*Localized seizure
-does not affect consciousness
2
Q
Focal onset impaired awareness (complex) seizure
A
*localized seizure
-change in consciousness
-may start with an aura
3
Q
Temporal lobe seizure
A
-most common localized seizure
-may have aura
-strong taste or smell
-de ja vu
4
Q
Frontal lobe seizure
A
-second most common localized seizure
-often occurs during sleep
-last less than 30 seconds
5
Q
Tonic-clonic seizures
A
*Generalized onset motor
*Grand mal
- loss of consciousness
-Tonic phase = stiffening of muscles
-clonic = jerking
6
Q
Absent seizures
A
*generalized onset nonmotor
*petit mal
-brief loss of consciousness
-blank or absent stair
-eyes may turn inward or flutter