Seizures

Question 1

Define Epilepsy?

Answer 1

Hint - 2+ unprovoked

Epilepsy is defined as recurrent (two or more) seizures unprovoked by any immediately identifiable cause

Question 2

Describe the types of seizures?

Answer 2

Hint 1 part/foc, consciousness, or both hemispheres

Partial/focal - limited, confined population of nerve fibres in one hemisphere. Simple or complex depending on consciousness

Generalised - abnormal firing throughout both hemispheres. Absence, atonic seizures, myoclonic or tonic-clonic