what are the different types of epilepsy?
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['Generalized tonic-clonic (Grand Mal). Symptoms: The patient loses consciousness and usually collapses. ... ', 'Absence. ... ', 'Myoclonic. ... ', 'Clonic. ... ', 'Tonic. ... ', 'Atonic. ... ', 'Simple partial (awareness maintained). ... ', 'Complex partial (awareness impaired).']
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Seizures, abnormal movements or behavior due to unusual electrical activity in the brain, are a symptom of epilepsy. But not all people who appear to have seizures have epilepsy, a group of related disorders characterized by a tendency for recurrent seizures.
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Focal seizures. When an epileptic seizure starts in one side of the brain, it's called a focal onset seizure or a focal seizure. Both terms mean the same thing. Until recently these seizures were called partial seizures.
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When a person presents to the healthcare system with a first seizure, it is almost always a convulsive seizure, either generalised or focal. Other seizure types such as absence or complex partial seizures typically occur several times before the person or family become concerned.
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Kids with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) have one or more of several different kinds of seizures. These include absence seizures, myoclonic seizures, and generalized tonic-clonic seizures, which begin around the age of puberty. Seizures may lessen in adulthood, but medicine may be needed for life.
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Nupentin is used to control certain types of epilepsy. Epilepsy is a condition where you have repeated seizures (fits). There are many types of seizures, ranging from mild to severe. Nupentin is also used in the treatment of neuropathic pain, a type of pain caused by damage to the nerves.
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The disease disrupts the activity of brain cells called neurons, which normally transmit messages in the form of electrical impulses. An interruption in these impulses leads to seizures. There are many different kinds of epilepsy, and different types of seizures.
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Types of Seizures Common in Dogs They are usually caused by abnormal electrical activity in the brain and may last anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes. Focal seizures are similar to grand mal seizures, but they only affect one side or region of the brain, so only one side of the dog will be affected.
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['sodium valproate.', 'carbamazepine.', 'lamotrigine.', 'levetiracetam.', 'oxcarbazepine.', 'ethosuximide.', 'topiramate.']
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Epilepsy and seizures can develop in any person at any age. 1 in 26 people will develop epilepsy in their lifetime. Factors like other health conditions, age, and race may make epilepsy and seizures more likely.
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Missed medicines can trigger seizures in people with both well-controlled and poorly controlled epilepsy. Seizures can happen more often than normal, be more intense or develop into long seizures called status epilepticus. Status epilepticus is a medical emergency and can lead to death if the seizures aren't stopped.
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Certain genes may make a person more sensitive to environmental conditions that trigger seizures. Head trauma. Head trauma as a result of a car accident or other traumatic injury can cause epilepsy.
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['Carbamazepine (Carbatrol, Tegretol, others)', 'Phenytoin (Dilantin, Phenytek)', 'Valproic acid (Depakene)', 'Oxcarbazepine (Oxtellar, Trileptal)', 'Lamotrigine (Lamictal)', 'Gabapentin (Gralise, Neurontin)', 'Topiramate (Topamax)', 'Phenobarbital.']
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Although any dog can have a seizure, idiopathic epilepsy is more common in border collies, Australian shepherds, Labrador retrievers, beagles, Belgian Tervurens, collies, and German shepherds.
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Seizures and epilepsy are more common in young children and older people. About 1 in 100 people in the U.S. has had a single unprovoked seizure or has been diagnosed with epilepsy. 1 in 26 people will develop epilepsy in their lifetime.
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Overview. A complex partial seizure is also known as a focal impaired awareness seizure or a focal onset impaired awareness seizure. This type of seizure starts in a single area of the brain. This area is usually, but not always, the temporal lobe of the brain.