Partial seizure

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Used for

akinetic epilepsy, focal epilepsy, Jacksonian epilepsy, psychomotor epilepsy, temporal lobe epilepsy, uncinate epilepsy

Broader Terms

epilepsy

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• The electrical activity which causes a simple partial seizure is confined to one small part of the brain.
• When the person having a partial seizure is aware of having a seizure, is aware of his or her surroundings and remembers the event afterward, the seizure is classified as a simple partial seizure.
• Thus, the critical feature of the complex partial seizure is that the person has altered consciousness, so that he may be confused or staring unresponsively.
• The chance of bodily injury during a complex partial seizure is small.
• A partial seizure is one in which epileptic activity stays in a focused area of the brain.

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