They should: Maintain a calm tone to keep other students from panicking. Reassure and comfort the student if they experience confusion or fear following the seizure. Allow the student to remain seated in the classroom until awareness returns. Allow the student quiet rest time following the seizure. Are you supposedRead More →
Quadriparesis can be caused by: an infection, like polio. a neuromuscular disease, like muscular dystrophy. damage to the nervous system due to an injury or another medical condition. Can seizures cause loss of mobility? Todd’s paralysis, or Todd’s paresis, happens after a seizure, and it usually affects people with epilepsy.Read More →
a strange feeling like a ‘wave’ going through the head. stiffness or twitching in part of the body (such as an arm or hand). What type of seizure is a simple partial seizure? A simple partial seizure is a type of seizure associated with epilepsy. It may also be referredRead More →
Staring. Jerking movements of the arms and legs. Stiffening of the body. Loss of consciousness. Breathing problems or stopping breathing. Loss of bowel or bladder control. Falling suddenly for no apparent reason, especially when associated with loss of consciousness. Is lip twitching a seizure? After the seizure ends, there isRead More →
What are the symptoms of dehydration? Feeling very thirsty. Dry mouth. Urinating and sweating less than usual. Dark-colored urine. Dry skin. Feeling tired. Dizziness. How do you know if you’re dangerously dehydrated? In addition to feeling thirstier than usual, the signs of dehydration include less-frequent urination and darker colored urine.Read More →
Also called breath-holding attacks, these spells are somewhat common and can happen in healthy children. They can look like seizures, but they’re not. The spells don’t hurt the children, and many outgrow them by age 6 or 7. They are most common in 2-year-olds. Can breath holding cause brain damage?Read More →
Breathing. A seizure may cause a person to have pauses in breathing (apnea). If these pauses last too long, they can reduce the oxygen in the blood to a life-threatening level. In addition, during a convulsive seizure a person’s airway sometimes may get covered or obstructed, leading to suffocation. WhatRead More →