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Simple partial seizures are a very subjective experience, and the symptoms of a simple partial seizure vary greatly between people. This is due to the varying locations of the brain the seizures originate in, and a simple partial seizure may go unnoticed by others or shrugged off by the sufferer as merely a "funny turn". However, there are some common symptoms experienced by those having a simple partial seizure. |
Simple partial seizures are a very subjective experience, and the symptoms of a simple partial seizure vary greatly between people. This is due to the varying locations of the brain the seizures originate in, and a simple partial seizure may go unnoticed by others or shrugged off by the sufferer as merely a "funny turn". However, there are some common symptoms experienced by those having a simple partial seizure. |
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While awake some common symptoms of simple partial seizures are: |
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* preserved consciousness |
* preserved consciousness |
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* laboured speech or inability to speak at all |
* laboured speech or inability to speak at all |
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* amnesia around the seizure event and sometimes events which occurred before the seizure |
* amnesia around the seizure event and sometimes events which occurred before the seizure |
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While asleep symptoms include: |
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* onset usually in REM sleep |
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* dream like state |
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* appearance of full consciousness |
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* hallucinations and/or delusions |
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* behavior or visions typical in dreams |
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* ability to engage with the environment and other people as in full consciousness, though often behaving abnormally, erratically, or failing to be coherent |
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* complete amnesia or assimilating the memory as though it was a normal dream on regaining full consciousness |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 16:06, 14 November 2007
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| Specialty | Neurology  |
Simple partial seizures are seizures which affect only a small region of the brain, often the temporal lobes and/or hippocampi. Simple partial seizures are often precursors to larger seizures, where the abnormal electrical activity spreads to a larger area of (or all of) the brain, usually resulting in a complex partial seizure or a tonic-clonic seizure. In this case they are often known as an aura.
Presentation
Simple partial seizures are a very subjective experience, and the symptoms of a simple partial seizure vary greatly between people. This is due to the varying locations of the brain the seizures originate in, and a simple partial seizure may go unnoticed by others or shrugged off by the sufferer as merely a "funny turn". However, there are some common symptoms experienced by those having a simple partial seizure.
While awake some common symptoms of simple partial seizures are:
- preserved consciousness
- sudden and inexplainable feelings of joy, anger, sadness, or nausea
- experience of unusual feelings or sensations
- altered sense of hearing, smelling, tasting, seeing, and tactile perception (sensory illusions and/or hallucinations), or feeling as though the environment is not real or detachment from the environment (depersonalization)
- deja vu (familiarity) or jamais vu (infamiliarity)
- laboured speech or inability to speak at all
- amnesia around the seizure event and sometimes events which occurred before the seizure
While asleep symptoms include:
- onset usually in REM sleep
- dream like state
- appearance of full consciousness
- hallucinations and/or delusions
- behavior or visions typical in dreams
- ability to engage with the environment and other people as in full consciousness, though often behaving abnormally, erratically, or failing to be coherent
- complete amnesia or assimilating the memory as though it was a normal dream on regaining full consciousness
See also
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