Seizure
An epileptic seizure, informally known as a seizure, is a period of symptoms due to abnormally excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain. Outward effects vary from uncontrolled... Wikipedia
- Specialty: Neurology, emergency medicine
- Symptoms: Variable
- Duration: Typically
- Causes: Provoked: Low blood sugar, alcohol withdrawal, low blood sodium, fever, brain infection, traumatic brain injury, Unprovoked: Unknown, brain injury, brain tumor, previous stroke
- Diagnostic method: Based on symptoms, blood tests, medical imaging, electroencephalography
- Differential diagnosis: Syncope, psychogenic non-epileptic seizure, migraine aura, transient ischemic attack
- Treatment: Less than 5 min: Place person on their side, remove nearby dangerous objects, More than 5 min: Treat as per status epilepticus
- Frequency: ~10% of people (overall worldwide lifetime risk)
- Data source: DuckDuckGo