NUR 201 Seizures
- what is a seizure?
Answer Abnormal, excessive, or synchronous electrical disturbance or activity in the brain
- what can a seizure result in?
Answer motor, sensory, or behavioral changes - also can manifest as altered LOC
- How are seizures classified
Answer Classified according to the area of the brain that is affected
- Patho of seizures
Answer · result of abnormal excessive concurrent electrical dis- charges from the cortical neuronal network of cells on the surface of the brain
· Chemical changes in the neurons create an electrical negativity that enables the transfer of info between neurons - when too many become excited, they discharge abnormally.
- what is epilepsy
Answer Chronic disorder characterized by recurrent, unprovoked seizures
· Not caused by some known or reversible medical condition
- epilepsy is..
Answer most frequent neuro condition 1 / 3
- epsilepy is seen as resolved when..
Answer no seizure for 10 years, off of AEDs for 5 years
- Seizure triggers
Answer -Environmental or physiologic stimuli
-Stress -Anxiety -Fatigue -Infection [bacterial or viral] -Metabolic disturbances -Illness/fever -Missed meds -Lights -Brain disorders
-Lifestyle
Answer fatigue, sleep deprivation
-Hormonal changes
- causes of seizures in children
Answer Acute insults-brain trauma CNS infection, hy- poxia
- Seizure prvention
Answer Self-care
Answer no alcohol/stress - adequate nutrition, sleep, ex- ercise 2 / 3
- 6 etiologies of seizures
- Structural
Answer
- genetic
- Infectious
- Metabolic
- Immune
- Idiopathic
- structural etiology
Answer Brain tumor, congenital abnormalities, brain damage (pre- natal or perinatal)
- genetic etiology
Answer (chromosomal abnormality) or effect of a syndrome
- infectious etiology
Answer Meningitis, encephalitis
- what is a aura?
Answer provide early warning sign, manifests any type of sensory disturbances, such as auditory, visual, or abdominal.
- what is an automatism?
Answer Unconscious movements such as lip smacking, picking at clothing, or other repetitive motions that may resemble tics. Pts usually unaware of them until after seizure ends
- types of seizures
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