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What are Akinetic seizures?
Atonic seizures are a type of seizure that causes sudden loss of muscle strength. These seizures are also called akinetic seizures, drop attacks or drop seizures. The sudden lack of muscle strength, or tone, can cause the person to fall to the ground. The person usually remains conscious, and may not always fall down.
What do atonic seizures look like?
“Atonic” (a-TON-ik) means “without tone.” So in an atonic seizure, muscles suddenly become limp. Part or all of the body may become limp. The eyelids may droop, the head may nod or drop forward, and the person may drop things. If standing, the person often falls to the ground.
What a seizure looks like?
Seizures symptoms vary and can include a sudden change in awareness or full loss of consciousness, unusual sensations or thoughts, involuntary twitching or stiffness in the body or severe stiffening and limb shaking with loss of consciousness (a convulsion.)
What is focal seizure?
Seizures occur when nerve cells in the brain send out sudden, excessive, uncontrolled electrical signals. Focal seizures occur when nerve cells in a part of the brain are involved. The way the child acts during a focal seizure depends on the area of the brain that is affected (See next page).
What is the difference between tonic and atonic seizures?
Seizures may last as long as a few minutes. These words are used to describe generalized seizures: Tonic: Muscles in the body become stiff. Atonic: Muscles in the body relax.
Is a seizure painful?
Generally, the experience of having a seizure does not hurt. That’s because some seizures cause unconsciousness, so you’re unaware of what is happening. However, you might have a headache before or after a seizure.
Are seizures scary?
When most people think of seizures, they think of someone unconscious and convulsing. This type of seizure – known as a grand mal seizure – is the kind of seizure portrayed often in television and movies, and it’s not hard to figure out why: It looks dramatic and scary.
Can blood sugar cause seizures?
Although it’s a common complication of diabetes, hyperglycemia can happen to anyone. If left untreated, high blood sugar can lead to hyperglycemia-related seizures.
Can you speak during a seizure?
Patients with simple partial seizures remain awake and aware throughout the seizure, and some patients can even talk during the episode.
What are akinetic seizures (drop attacks)?
These seizures are also called akinetic seizures, drop attacks or drop seizures. The sudden lack of muscle strength, or tone, can cause the person to fall to the ground. The person usually remains conscious, and may not always fall down.
What do we know about akinetic seizures from EEG and clinical studies?
Most clinical information about akinetic seizures has been obtained from cortical electrical stimulation studies, whereas clinical and video-electroen-cephalography (EEG) features have not been described thoroughly. We aimed to analyze clinical and EEG characteristics of bilateral akinetic seizures (BAS).
What are atonic seizures?
Atonic seizures are a type of seizure that causes sudden loss of muscle strength. These seizures are also called akinetic seizures, drop attacks or drop seizures. The sudden lack of muscle strength, or tone, can cause the person to fall to the ground. The person usually remains conscious, and may not always fall down.
What are drop seizures?
These seizures are also called akinetic seizures, drop attacks or drop seizures. The sudden lack of muscle strength, or tone, can cause the person to fall to the ground. The person usually remains conscious, and may not always fall down. Their head may drop, their eyelids may droop, and they may drop anything they were holding.