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