Generalised
-tonic clonic
-tonic
-clonic
-absent
-myoclonic
Phases of generalised seizures
Aura- a pre seizure even, olfactory, auditory, visual etc.. 1/3 can describe it.
Tonic- rigidity of antigravity muscles
Flaccid body, loss of consience, pupils dilated, pale face, automation of bladder and bowel.
Clonic- rythmic muscular contraction.
Postictial phase- headache, confusion, loss of bladder and bowel control.
Partial
- simple partial - without loss of consience.
- complex partial- loss of consience, but localised seizures. They arise from temporal lobe.
Saturday, 29 August 2015
Epilepsy- types
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