NUR 4445 NEURO 1 - Can also be caused by CNS insult, fever, infect...

NUR 4445 NEURO 1

• Seizure causes

Answer Epilepsy - chronic condition Can also be caused by CNS insult, fever, infection, cardiac anomalies, trauma, hypoxia, ingestion of toxic substances, brain tumor, etc.

• types of Seizure

Answer Partial or Focal

Generalized Febrile seizures Status Epilepticus

• Partial or Focal Seizure

Answer abnormal electrical impulse in 1 area of the brain

Symptoms depend on where in the brain the excessive electrical activity occurs

• Types of Partial or Focal Seizures

Answer Simple

Complex (psychomotor)

• Simple

Answer no LOC

Single area of brain with single muscle movement or sensory alteration 1 / 2

• Complex (psychomotor)

Answer LOC occurs

Hallucinations, mental distortions, personality changes, loss of social inhibitions, involuntary bladder & bowel malfunction, chewing motions, etc.

Preaura

smells, seeing things, seeing this prior to the event

• Generalized Seizure

Answer throughout the brain, bilateral and symmetrical symptoms, consciousness impaired

• Types of Generalized Seizures

Answer Tonic-clonic

Absence Myoclonic

• Tonic-clonic

Answer Dramatic muscle contraction & loss of consciousness (LOC) Followed by recovery period with confusion & exhaustion

• Absence

Answer Brief (usually 5-10 second) period of LOC, can be longer (up to 45 seconds)

• Myoclonic
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