Epilepsy Week 1 Nurp 503 (Questions with error-free answers)

Seizure correct answers sudden, transient disturbances in brain function resulting from an abnormal firing of nerve impulses; may or may not be associated with convulsion What is an Aura correct answers subjective symptoms attributable to simple partial seizures Deja Vu Abdominal seizures Metallic taste in mouth Tingling Stages of seizures correct answers Preictal Ictal Postictal Interictal Types Epilepsy correct answers Idiopathic Symptomatic- cause (brain tumor, metabolic Cryptogenic-suspected symptomatic and no lesions Epidemiology correct answers all types 1% population incidence higher in males Prevalence higher in less developed countriew Causes epilepsy correct answers 50% idiopathic- childhood mostly idiopathic Adults - mostly symptomatic Stroke in developed countries Developing countries - tape worm that migrates to brain (neurocystcercosis) Causes of Seizures Neonates correct answers Perinatal hypoxia and ischemia Intracranial hemmorrhage Acute CNS infection Metabolic disturbance Drug withdrawal Developmental disorder Genetic disorder Causes seizures infants and children 1 month - 12 years correct answers Febrile Seizures CNS infections Trauma Genetic disorders Idiopathic Causes seizures adolescents 12-18 years years correct answers Trauma