For seizure

Excessive abnormal electrical discharge from cortical neurons

= inc in neuron firing

is the physical findings or changes in behavior that
occur after an episode of abnormal electrical activity in the brain.

– no identifiable cause and specific etiology

when a person's body shakes rapidly and uncontrollably.
○ violent, involuntary contractions of the voluntary
muscles.

recurrent unprovoked seizures
○ a person may experience seizure for at least two or more
seizures within a day

may precede the seizure by hours or days.

During the prodrome phase, a patient can predict that a seizure is
on its way
• In a way that there’s changes in his behavior and
personality

– the feeling that you have already experienced
something that is actually happening for the first time

– opposite of Déjà vu; the experience of feeling
unfamiliar with something that is very familiar to you

the seizure itself. In some cases, a scream or cry heralds its
onset

This is where the 1st symptoms of seizure appear

takes place immediately after the seizure.

POSTICTAL PHASE aka

a chronic non-communicable seizure disorder, or group of
disorders, characterized by seizures that usually recur
unpredictably in the absence of a consistent provoking factor.

first described by Hughlings Jackson as an intermittent
derangement of the nervous system due to a sudden,
excessive, disorderly discharge of cerebral neurons.

one of the most common neurological disorders globally

● to throw or toss with a quick abrupt motion

an abnormal sensation, typically tingling or pricking pain

language disorder marked by deficiency in the generation of
speech (impairment of speech)

– one portion of the brain (focal area) is affected

– the entire brain is affected

– one part of brain is affected and no loss of consciousness

– one part of brain is affected and there is loss of consciousness

● most common seizure type
● occurring in approximately 80% of epileptic patients.
● clinical and EEG changes indicate initial activation of a system
of neurons limited to part of one cerebral hemisphere that may
spread to other or all brain areas.

– used to detect brain signal

generally do not cause loss of consciousness
○ people w/ simple partial seizures are categorized as Awake
and Aware patient

accompanied by impaired consciousness (loss of
consciousness); however, in some cases, the impairment
precedes or follows the seizure.

– movements done unconsciously / involuntarily
during a seizure