Archive for the Epilepsy Category

SEIZURES AND EPILEPSY IN CHILDHOOD: UNDERSTANDING YOUR CHILD’S TESTS – “WHY DO AN EEG ANYWAY? AND WHY REPEAT IT?”

“I still don’t understand why one does an EEG,” you say. “You’ve said it doesn’t diagnose epilepsy. You’ve stated that it doesn’t rule out epilepsy. It sounds to me like it’s useless, one of those boondoggle tests doctors request in order to make more money.” Despite all of its limitations, the EEG is useful for [...]


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THE KINDS OF SEIZURE: SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURES – WITH SECONDARY GENERALIZATION

All partial seizures may at times spread to affect the whole brain. While this usually results in a tonic-clonic seizure (see Generalized Seizures above), an atonic seizure in which a child suddenly collapses to the floor or is thrown down, or a tonic seizure in which the child suddenly stiffens and arches his back may [...]


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