Absence Seizures | Symptoms & Risks | Epilepsy Foundation
An absence seizure causes a short period of “blanking out” or staring into space. Like other kinds of seizures, they are caused by brief abnormal electrical activity in a person’s brain. An absence seizure is a generalized onset seizure, which means it begins in both sides of the brain at the same time. An older term is “petit mal ...
Childhood Absence Epilepsy
Childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) is an epilepsy syndrome with absence seizures that begin in young children. During an absence seizure, the child stares blankly and is not aware or responsive. The child's eyes may roll up briefly or the eyes may blink.
Juvenile Absence Epilepsy
Juvenile absence epilepsy usually responds to treatment. Medications commonly used in JAE are valproate (Depakote) and lamotrigine (Lamictal). Ethosuximide (Zarontin) can be used if absence seizures are not controlled, but does not protect against generalized tonic-clonic seizures.
Atypical Absence Seizures - Epilepsy Foundation
These seizures may begin and end gradually. This is different from the sudden start and stop of a typical absence seizure. Falling during the seizure is also more common than it is during typical absence seizures. Atypical absence seizures usually …
Is absence epilepsy benign? - Epilepsy Foundation
The outcome for juvenile myoclonic epilepsy and juvenile absence epilepsy is less favorable. Seizures in these disorders usually can be controlled by low doses of seizure medicine, but about 90% of these patients will have seizures again if the …
Types of Seizures | Epilepsy Foundation
Absence seizures can also have brief twitches (myoclonus) that can affect a specific part of the body or just the eyelids. For focal onset seizures: Motor symptoms may also include jerking (clonic), muscles becoming limp or weak (atonic), tense or rigid muscles (tonic), brief muscle twitching (myoclonus), or epileptic spasms .
First Aid for Absence Seizures - Epilepsy Foundation
Absence seizures usually require no first aid. They are brief and almost never associated with falling or injury. There may be situations where people will need help during absence seizures. Many absence seizures can occur close together in a cluster. When this happens, the person may be confused and not know what they are doing or be in an unsafe place.
Epilepsy with Eyelid Myoclonia | Epilepsy Foundation
Epilepsy with Eyelid Myoclonia is a rare form of generalized epilepsy that can have several possible seizure types. It is also known as Jeavons syndrome. It is also known as Jeavons syndrome. Eyelid myoclonia with or without absence seizures:
Epilepsy with Myoclonic-Absences | Epilepsy Foundation
Epilepsy with myoclonic-absences is a rare form of epilepsy. Fewer than 1 in 100 children seen in a specialty center for epilepsy have this syndrome. These seizures typically begin between 2 and 12 years of age with the majority starting around 7 years of age.
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