Seizures (Do You Guys know Anything about Seizures?)

[HellHound]

Only if you had a CVA that damaged brain tissue.

This may sound stupid, but what's a CVA?

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[Jetlok]

This may sound stupid, but what's a CVA?

card..ivo..vasriculer...arrest..uhh.

[Squall Leonheart2275]

I've never had a "major" seizure, but I've noticed that your mind will blank on you and you'll shake.

[Funnelcakes]

yes.
seizures are when.
your skin is gray.
and then colors go all over your face.
and you go all :o

lol'd

[SeventhSandwich]

This may sound stupid, but what's a CVA?

Cerebro-vascular accident.

[Oasis]

Is JD's girlfriend seizurific?

[Sk8GameFreak]

fixd

and there was this guy who had a seizure once at my school. It was creepy :s

At this military school I went to some kid had a seizure. I didn't see it (but i wish I did)

[aml]

At this military school I went to some kid had a seizure. I didn't see it (but i wish I did)

Trust me. It's not a thing you'd enjoy seeing. It's not "omg I can't sleep" creepy, but it's Pretty damn creepy.

[Narkro555]

I'm pretty sure it's hard to get a grand mal seizure from a concussion, but I know focal seizures can occur.


Common causes of seizures:

   -Stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA)

   -Severe concussion

   -Alzheimer's disease

   -Traumatic brain injury

   -Infections, including brain abscess, meningitis, encephalitis, and AIDS

   -Brain problems that are present at birth (congenital brain defect)

   -Brain injury that occurs during or near birth

   -Metabolism disorders that a child may be born with (such as phenylketonuria)

   -Brain tumor

   -Abnormal blood vessels in the brain

   -Other illness that damage or destroy brain tissue


So unless any of those things on that list have happened to or apply to you, I see no reason why you should worry.

[Amaya]

I remember going to the childrens hospital to pick up rose after a shot. In the room next to hers was a boy having a seizure. loving creepy

[Belogna]

There are currently six kinds of seizures from what I am reading.

"Grand-Mal" Or Generalized Tonic-Clonic: Unconscious, convulsions, muscle rigidity
 
Absence: Brief loss of consciousness

Myoclonic: Sporadic (isolated), jerking movements

Clonic: Repetitive, jerking movements

Tonic: Muscle Stiffness, rigidity

Atonic: Loss of muscle tone

[SeventhSandwich]

copypasted from pubmedhealth.

[JD]

Let's put it this way. My mom is crippled (arthritis,) she takes Dilantin but from what I've read it doesn't always metabolize for certain reasons, making it seem that the person isn't taking it, when they are. Dilantin is an anti-convulsive medication and she takes Oxycontin and during withdrawals from the medication (she gets a 30 day supply, obv. certain months have an extra day and during that day the withdrawal happens) she's prone to convulsive attacks. She had one earlier today and was brought to the hospital, her levels showed she wasn't taking Dilantin but she was (and I've seen her taking it) and the paramedics said that the seizure she was having wasn't an average seizure but something different. I didn't ask too much since obviously it wasn't a really great time to ask questions.
Anyways if anybody can give me good solid information on this stuff I'd be pretty grateful.

[Narkro555]

Let's put it this way. My mom is crippled (arthritis,) she takes Dilantin but from what I've read it doesn't always metabolize for certain reasons, making it seem that the person isn't taking it, when they are. Dilantin is an anti-convulsive medication and she takes Oxycontin and during withdrawals from the medication (she gets a 30 day supply, obv. certain months have an extra day and during that day the withdrawal happens) she's prone to convulsive attacks. She had one earlier today and was brought to the hospital, her levels showed she wasn't taking Dilantin but she was (and I've seen her taking it) and the paramedics said that the seizure she was having wasn't an average seizure but something different. I didn't ask too much since obviously it wasn't a really great time to ask questions.
Anyways if anybody can give me good solid information on this stuff I'd be pretty grateful.

I don't really know enough on the subject, but if she's on Dilantin check this link
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0000549/
which might give you some good information


Sorry to hear about your mother.

[SeventhSandwich]

Dilantin is a common drug used to prevent seizures in epileptics.

Are you sure your mom isn't epileptic?

also, your chance of getting a seizure stops if you suddenly stop taking the medicine, so maybe that's why?