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EPILEPSY
Subgroup 6
SEIZURE
Abnormal electrical discharges in the
Central Nervous System resulting in
abnormal motor, sensory and
psychomotor experiences.
EPILEPSY
Is a medical disorder marked by recurrent,
unprovoked seizures.
CLASSIFICATION OF EPILEPSY
FOCAL
GENERALISED
FOCAL EPILEPSY
Involves only a portion of the brain,
typically part of one lobe of one
hemisphere.
Simple partial- caused by a group of
hyperactive neurons exhibiting abnormal
electrical activity and are localized to a
single locus of the brain. Patient does not
lose consciousness.
Complex
GENERALIZED EPILEPSY
May
Tonic-clonic
Absence
Myoclonic
Clonic
Myoclonic
Clonic
Tonic
atonic
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF
EPILEPSY
Seizures
Genetic
epilepsy
Structural/ metabolic epilepsy
Unknown cause
Phenytoin
Mechanism:
SODIUM VALPORATE
Mechanism:
ETHOSUXIMIIDE
Mechanism:
reduces propagation of
abnormal electrical activity, inhibits Ttype Ca channels
Use: in treating absence seizure
DIAZEPAM
Mechanism:
CLINICAL SKETCH
A patient with long standing epilepsy has
admitted because of recurrent tonic clonic
seizures for the preceding 12 hrs. she is
unconscious, stiff and is having repeated
episodes of clonic limp movements.
QUESTIONS
What
If
There
An
QUESTIONS
What
Which
There
Why
Can
she drive?
yes, because has proven fits free for the
past four years.
Do
SUBGROUP 6
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ANKOMAH ERIC KOBBY 913905006
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