Convulsions

Convulsions are when a person's body shakes rapidly and uncontrollably. During convulsions, the person's muscles contract and relax repeatedly.
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The convulsions occur because the electrical systems in the brain have not yet matured sufficiently to cope with the stress of a high temperature.
Who's affected?
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CONVULSIONS "
Convulsions (Spasms, Seizures, Fits)
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Epilepsy"2 [Kellogg]
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Convulsions
Home Care:
People with epilepsy should always wear a medical alert tag.
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Convulsions (seizures)—Aminophylline, oxtriphylline, or theophylline may make this condition worse
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If convulsions begin, medicine will be injected into your veins. You will be watched closely. Restraints may be used to help prevent injuries. Sedating drugs may be given if you have hallucinations and delusions.
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- Has convulsions
- Becomes extremely listless or undergoes other changes in behavior
- Loses muscle tone, breathes shallowly and has a weak pulse ...
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Eclamptic convulsions look no different from epileptic fits. The mother is gripped by synchronised, repetitive, jerky and sometimes quite violent movements involving muscle groups in the eyes, jaw, neck and limbs.
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An attack of convulsions. Particularly used to describe toxemia (toxins in the blood) of pregnancy.
ectopic pregnancy
When the fertilized egg is implanted and develops outside of the uterus.
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Possible coma
Convulsions
Electrolyte imbalances
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Alternative Names:
Convulsions
Considerations:
Any mild or major seizure is caused by sudden abnormal function of the brain.
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Convulsions with Fever (Febrile Seizures)
Crib Death (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome)
Croup
CRS (Chinese Restaurant Syndrome)
Cystitis (Urinary Tract Infections in Children)
Depression in Adolescents
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Alcohol and other nervous system depressants, such as barbiturates and narcotics, taken in sufficiently large doses, can result in coma and convulsions.
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history of convulsions. Some of these drugs may trigger convulsions.
asthma, emphysema, or any chronic lung disease
heart disease
kidney disease
liver disease
underactive thyroid. The chance of side effects may be greater.
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In those days many doctors believed that convulsions were incompatible with schizophrenia since, according to their obervations, this disease rarely occurred in individuals suffering from epilepsy.
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Jackie, whose own son was hospitalised due to convulsions 10 days after receiving his MMR vaccine in 1992, remains unconvinced about the safety of the vaccine. "My own feeling is that parents have a right to be concerned," she said.
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The child usually develops normally for the first few months, but head control is lost by 6 to 8 months of age; the infant cannot roll over or sit up, spasticity and rigidity develop, and excessive drooling and convulsions become evident.
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A drug used to treat insomnia, seizures, and convulsions, and to relieve anxiety and tension before surgery. It belongs to the family of drugs called central nervous system (CNS) depressants.
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Symptoms of poisoning may include nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, convulsions, seizures, shallow breathing, fast or slow heart rate, confusion, and coma, and can lead to death.
See other sections in this guide for details on specific poisonings.
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The doctor can prescribe medicine to prevent further convulsions.
WHAT YOU SHOULD DO
Instructions for the seizure patient: ...
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Epilepsy is a condition that affects your brain, causing a person to have sudden seizures or convulsions.
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A syndrome of inappropriate secretion of ADH results in the inability to put out dilute urine, perturbs fluid (and electrolyte) balance, and causes nausea, vomiting, muscle cramps, confusion and convulsions.
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to low levels of sugar supplying the brain - Headache, dizziness, blurred vision, difficulty concentrating, poor coordination, confusion, weakness or fainting, tingling sensations in the lips or hands, confused speech, abnormal behavior, convulsions, ...
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