Petit mal seizure nursing intervention
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If by "silent seizures" you mean Petit Mal Epilepsy then these are a type of seizure, suffered mostly by younger people, where the patient stops all activity and stares blankly for a up to a minute. Usually the patient is unaware of this. Petit Mal may be preceded by grimacing, lip smacking or jerky hand movements.
going by what my fiance said about the seizure ( i dont remember any of it at all ) that i had, i ahd a grand mal seizure. i wrote down everything that i found and my fiance said that was exactley what happened. i have also been blacking out alot since then and founf that i also could be having petit mal seizures. since the dr's here aren't giving me any information and i cant get in to see the neurologist until May i was hoping someone here could give me some sort of answer.
Whoa, Dr Vinod. We have not yet clearly established that these events represent petit mal seizures, and my personal opinion is that starting a child of this age on anti-siezure medication without substantive justification is "plan stupid".
During a grand mal siezure there is often a deficiency of oxygen, but even then the evidence of cumulative damage is not always conclusive. With petit mal siezures, we have a diffferent situation.
Does anyone here take ZEBINIX tablets for the treatment of epilepsy. I have petit mal epilepsy (loss of conscience for a few seconds) and take it since about one year ago. It is a new drug which is having a big success that is being recognized internationally. If anyone here also takes it, please tell me if you are satisfied with the results and which is the daily dosage your doctor prescribed. Did he also prescribed you another drug you should take daily? Yes, I know each case is a case.Thanks.
The blackouts she is experiencing could sometimes be due to petit mal or absence seizures. For seizure activity only an EEG (electroencephalogram) can help confirm this. This is done under the guidance of a neurologist. Sometimes space occupying lesions in the brain can induce seizures, so your doctor could have asked for the MRI. So, wait for the results, based on which your doctor will prescribe the appropriate medications. And good luck.
Hope this helped and do keep us posted.
The phases of zapping our or spacing out could be petit mal seizures or better known as absence seizures wherein the patient is physically present but mentally cannot recapitulate the events and thoughts later. These come in brief phases without any physical signs of seizures like tonic clonic activity. This needs ruling out by an EEG and MRI brain to search for any focal lesion particularly temporal lobe.
Finally one day at work I had a grand mal seizure witnessed by several co-workers. I went to the ER and it was confirmed I had a grand mal seizure. My neurologist put me on Lamactal and said there isn't always a reason people have seizures - does this mean it could be epilepsy? I now have short term memory loss and am in my final 30-day PIP plan for poor performance at my job due to my memory loss. I fear I'll lose any job I obtain because of my medical condition.
I am very concerned about you. I assume what you call "abscent" seizures are what we call "Petit mal" seizures - short periods where one loses a sense of awareness. This can be fatal when driving a vehicle. You have done nothing wrong and have nothing to be embarrassed about. I consider it essential that you tell your mom or dad about the problem and get an in-person medical evaluation. In the meantime get a notebook and log the experiences and the duration.
The problem here is that this could be a drop in heart rate or it could be a petit mal seizure. There are a few different seizure activities associated with MS and they are not uncommon.
The problem with petit mal (or absence seizures) is that the patient is unaware and after the seizure (postictal) you can get that "I don't feel right and need to sit down" feeling. This is one of those thing I'd say you should talk to your Neuro about.
I'm sorry this is happening to your baby! So strange and confusing. Dogs baffle me sometimes! So, this follows a pattern. I'd look for a further pattern . . . happens after a long time when he is outside, happens when he is digging in the left corner, or whatever. Kind of be watchful of his/her actions outside.
A seizure could have rigidity but there are a lot more common things that happen.
Could your dog's blood sugar go low?
Everything these moms are describing is called a Petit Mal seizure. Most all of you are describing is called a Absense Petit Mal seizure. They can very. My son was diagnosed with having absence seizures very early around 2 to 3 years old. My son is not developmentally delayed now, but was younger in his motor skills. He didn't walk until he was 23 months old. He didn't learn to ride a bike well until 10. He still fell down a lot at age 8. Cognitively he was/is extremely intellectual.
I'll start from the beginning. I've suffered Insomnia for at least 10 years and have been on either Ambien or Ambien CR ever since. Some nights it works...others not so much. I'll also throw in that I've had a moderate bilateral hand tremor as long as I can remember and no doctor has ever given me a reason for it. OK, moving on. I also developed Migraines about 10 years ago and the solution was to try a parade of instant remedies (Imitrex, Relpax, etd.) of which NONE worked.
I cut wheat, dairy and corn out and started eating 8 to 10 cloves of garlic a day, using apple cider vinegar and went 9 days without any seizure activity. This was broken by a grand mal seizure while making dinner. I finally agreed to tegretol therapy. I know chewing on cloves of garlic sounds crazy, but it seems to help the most. I think it may fight the EBV infection somehow.
Get a neurologist to look at you and if possible get an inpatient EEG workup to catch one of these seizures.
Hi,I've been aware since my teens that I can be prone to petit mal attacks on very rare occasions.It's always linked to lack of sleep,stress or alcohol(sometimes all three together)But it was so rare and minimal that I never worried about it.A few days ago I experienced a couple of small tremers after a late night out,but had a lot to do so I ignored them.
Nathan was started on a diet for Seizure control...Ketogenic Diet. He had his last grand mal seizure the 3 day on the diet. His muscle and drop seizures ended 2 months later completely, but we noticed they were less harsh with each one he had til they just stopped." - excerpt from KetoGenic Diet for Seizures.
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