Sentences with phrase «of focal seizure»

Some forms of focal seizures or partial epilepsy are misinterpreted by owners as just a periodic quirky behavior.

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Red flags, such as seizures, prolonged loss of consciousness or confusion, severe persistent headaches, focal neurologic abnormalities or deterioration of symptoms, need immediate medical attention.

A focal onset aware seizure is one of the two types of focal onset seizures.

Focal onset seizures have a wide range of symptoms in different kids.

Devinsky estimates that up to 20 percent of such patients are candidates for surgery because they have focal seizures that can be traced to a specific and surgically approachable site in the brain.

The disorder falls into two broad categories: generalized epilepsy, in which seizures begin simultaneously in all parts of the brain, and focal epilepsy, in which seizures begin in a particular region of the brain, such as the temporal lobe.

A recent international survey that Dr. Gaillard also participated in suggests that outside of this continent, carbazepine and oxcarbazepine were the most frequently prescribed medications to treat focal seizures.

«Temporal lobe epilepsy is a form of focal epilepsy with seizures originating from the brain's temporal lobe.

Black arrows show the brain region responsible for producing seizures in a patient involved in a new study showing that loss of the protein CLOCK may be a key factor in severe forms of focal epilepsy.

If the electrical activity stays in one region of the brain, only a portion of the body will be affected, such as focal facial seizures.

There are two major types of seizures: generalized and focal.

Animals will lose consciousness during a grand mal seizure, but will remain aware of their surroundings during a focal seizure.

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When cats are having a seizure, they tend to have focal onset beforehand (this is when the brain's cells are firing abnormally in one area or multiple areas of the brain).

Focal seizures affect only a small part of the brain, whereas generalized seizures tend to affect both sides of the brain.

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Non-epileptic seizures are usually focal - motor seizures and are caused by an abundance of electrical activity in the brain due to a brain lesion, such as an abscess or tumor.

During a focal - motor seizure, a pet convulses or twitches, but that twitching is limited to a specific part of the body.

If only a small area of the brain is affected, you get a focal seizure, a minor event that might include muscle tremors.

Seizures are referred to as being focal when they are limited to one are of the body (called localized).

Impaired responsiveness during TC may be due to a reduced level of consciousness, a feature often associated with focal seizures.

At trial, the pediatric neurologist testified that Chelsea's death was not brought about a seizure, but rather by the focal interstitial chronic inflammation of Chelsea's heart.