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Epilepsy Flashcards

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What are some signs of temporal lobe focal seizures?

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Primitive movements
- lip smacking, chewing, swallowing 
- fumbling, fiddling, grabbing 
Dysphasia
Deja vu
Emotional disturbance 
Hallucination/delusions
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What are some signs of frontal lobe focal seizures?

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Posturing/peddling movements of the legs
Jacksonian march - starts with face or thumb
Motor arrest
Subtle behavioural disturbances
Dysphasia
Post-ictal Todd’s palsy

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What are some signs of parietal lobe focal seizures?

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Sensory disturbances

  • tingling
  • numbness
  • pain
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What are some signs of occipital lobe focal seizures?

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Spots, lines, flashes in vision

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What medication is given for focal seizures?

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Carbamezapine, lamotrigine

Levetiracetam, valproate

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What medication is given for tonic-clonic seizures?

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Valproate, lamotrigine

Carbamezapine, levetiracetam

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What medication is given for absence seizures?

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Valproate, ethosuximide

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What medication is given for myoclonic seizures?

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Valproate

Levetiracetam, topiramate

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