Seizure and Seizure-like conditions

_____/1000 people suffer from SUDEP

1

Percentage of children that have a febrile seizure

3-4%

Is a complex febrile seizure's EEG abnormal or normal?

Abnormal

Complex febrile seizure can be associated with

Future mesial temporal lobe seizures, Dravet Syndrome or FIRES (Febrile Infection-Related Epilepsy Syndrome)

Is a Simple febrile seizure's EEG abnormal or normal?

Normal

febrile seizures

Seizures that result from sudden high fevers, particularly in children.

SUDEP acronym

Sudden Death in Epilepsy

Gelastic Seizures symptoms

Uncontrolled smiling, laughing or giggling May also have automatisms like lip-smacking

Gelastic Seizures are often caused by

a tumor in the hypothalamus

vasovagal syncope is often associated with

bradycardia, asystole, respiratory events

vasovagal syncope EEG

diffuse theta and/or frontally dominant delta

vasovagal syncope

fainting, dizziness before, during or after venipuncture Not a seizure but may resemble one with myoclonic jerks

Simple febrile seizure duration and characteristics

generalized convusion, lasts less than 15 minutes

Complex febrile seizure's duration and characteristics

more than 15 minutes, more focal than simple