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What do mini seizures look like?
Absence seizures involve brief, sudden lapses of consciousness. They’re more common in children than in adults. Someone having an absence seizure may look like he or she is staring blankly into space for a few seconds. Then, there is a quick return to a normal level of alertness.
What causes staring spells in adults?
An absence seizure causes a short period of “blanking out” or staring into space. Like other kinds of seizures, they are caused by brief abnormal electrical activity in a person’s brain. An absence seizure is a generalized onset seizure, which means it begins in both sides of the brain at the same time.
What are staring spells?
Staring spells may be generalized absence seizures, focal seizures, or nonepileptic events. Few studies, however, have examined patients who newly present to a neurology clinic with the chief complaint of staring spells.
What is a focal seizure?
Focal seizures, also called focal seizures, begin in one area of the brain, but can become generalized and spread to other areas. For seizures of all kinds, the most common treatment is medication. The doctor may also recommend diet therapy, nerve stimulation or surgery, depending on the seizures’ characteristics.
What is a convulsion?
A convulsion is a general term that people use to describe uncontrollable muscle contractions. Some people may use it interchangeably with the word “seizure,” although a seizure refers to an electrical disturbance in the brain. Seizures may cause a person to have convulsions, but this is not always the case.
Is daydreaming a seizure?
Many people often think of seizures as being very noticeable with full body tremors, but there are many “small” seizures that can be harder to detect. For example, what appears to be an increased amount of daydreaming or staring off into space might actually be signs your child is experiencing small seizures.
What is Todd paralysis?
Definition. Todd’s paralysis is a neurological condition experienced by individuals with epilepsy, in which a seizure is followed by a brief period of temporary paralysis. The paralysis may be partial or complete but usually occurs on just one side of the body.
What is a spell seizure?
An absence seizure is the term for a type of seizure involving staring spells. This type of seizure is a brief (usually less than 15 seconds) disturbance of brain function due to abnormal electrical activity in the brain.
What is a aura seizure?
An ‘aura’ is the term that some people use to describe the warning they feel before they have a tonic clonic seizure. An epilepsy ‘aura’ is in fact a focal aware seizure. Focal aware seizures (FAS) are sometimes called ‘warnings’ or ‘auras’ because, for some people, a FAS develops into another type of seizure.
What is fix disease?
Fits are an abnormal electrical activity in the brain that occurs quickly. It can go almost unnoticed or, in severe cases, it can cause unconsciousness and seizures, when your body shakes uncontrollably. Fits usually come on suddenly. Duration and severity can vary. Fits can happen just one time or repeatedly.