Understanding Seizures

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What is the likely cause of seizures?

  • Imbalance between glutamate and gaba (correct)
  • Excessive excitation
  • Excessive inhibition
  • Lack of electrical activity

When is a seizure considered epilepsy?

  • After any loss of consciousness
  • After a single untriggered seizure
  • After 2 or more untriggered seizures (correct)
  • After a febrile seizure

What causes the convulsions during a seizure?

  • Waves of action potentials hitting the motor cortex (correct)
  • Oxygen deprivation to the brain
  • Excessive excitation in the brain
  • Lack of electrical activity in the brain

What distinguishes general seizures from partial seizures?

<p>Involvement of most, if not all, of the brain vs. local to a brain area (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic of a simple partial seizure?

<p>Complete awareness and consciousness (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What distinguishes a complex partial seizure from a simple partial seizure?

<p>Complete loss of consciousness (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the characteristics of a Grand Mal seizure?

<p>Tonic (contraction) and clonic (jerking) movements (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What distinguishes an absence seizure from other seizures?

<p>Appearance like an attentional problem (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the defining characteristic of Status Epilepticus?

<p>Non-stop seizure with high mortality rate (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How are seizure disorders typically treated?

<p>Medication (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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