Define Away
What is Seizure?
Along with muscle control/movement, Vision/eye movement, & awareness/behavior, seizures can also affect this as well.
What is speech
Tumours and strokes that cause seizures
Intracerebral Injuries
Seizures can be convulsive or non-convulsive & vary in frequency and this.
What is Severity?
The steps for first aid for seizure are - Stay Calm, Time the seizure, Protect from harm, Put child into recovery position, ___________
What is Document
Chronic series of seizures & can develop at any age.
Stress, Excessive stimulation or fluid intake, extreme blood sugar in diabetics, sunlight/heat/humidity, flickering lights, poor nutrition, lack of sleep, medicine withdrawals/missed doses, illness/allergies are all __________for seizures
What is trigger
Falls, MVAs/Sports Accidents, & Head trauma are examples of this cause of seizures
What is head injury?
Blank stare, empty look in eyes, rapid blinking, periods of unresponsiveness, uncontrollable jerking body movements, tic-like movements of limbs, loss of conscousness/body control, dazed walking...just to name a few
What is Signs of Seizure
Reassuring and providing comfort, checking for injuries, calling parents if necessary, allowing clothes changing/rest or sleep, and someone staying with student are all part of this
What is Recovery
When a seizure occurs in part of the brain & is refered to as simple partial or complex partial.
What is Focal Seizure
The goal for treatment is to use the least amount of drugs & to have the least amount of this
What is side effects
This cause for seizure can be due to brain injury to fetus during birth, Perinatal asphyxia & postnatal vascular accidents.
What is Birth Injury
Surgery and this are also effective for some children in some cases
What is special diet
Along with being confused a student may complain of this after having a seizure
What is Headache
When a seizure occurs in the whole brain and referenced as Tonic/Atonic/Tonic-clonic/Myoclonic/Absence, it is this type of seizure
What is generalized
Seizures are often symptoms of this....examples are disease, fever, temporary medical, neurological or neurosurgical illness
What are other health problems
Meningitis, Viral Encephalitis, Measles/Mumps, & Diphtheria are all examples of this cause for seizures
What is infection
Children with epilepsy should be encouraged to participate in school activites but may need extra of this at school due to difficulties with learning, behavior and/or mobility.
What is support
Until student is fully awake and alert they should not have this
Epilepsy is a neurological disorder that makes people susceptible to seizures and is sometimes called by what other name
What is Seizure disorder?
Seizure can most commonly be controlled (not cured) in 80% of all cases by this
What is medication
Metabolic Disorders, Congenital Disorders and this can also be causes for a seizure to occur
What is Fever?
This side effect of epilepsy medication is usually temporary but may affect the child at school
What is sleepy
If the person stops breathing for longer than 30 seconds, seizure lasts longer than 5 minutes, more than one seizure in 24hr span, first seizure and/or if serious injury has occurred you should do this/=.
What is call 911