Convulsion

FDA OKs New Rotavirus Vaccine

...isk of intussusception in children who received Rotarix (31,673 infants) compared to those who received a placebo (31,552 infants). Increased rates of convulsion and pneumonia-related deaths were observed in the Rotarix recipients in the intussusception study, but these events were not observed in other studies...

Alzheimer's Patients May Suffer 'Silent' Seizures

...e people with advanced Alzheimer's have "spells" of increased confusion. The seizures observed in the mice would not be recognizable in the same way a convulsion or epileptic seizure can be noticed. These subtle seizures may be linked to cellular changes caused by high brain levels of the Alzheimer's-linked ...

Analysis Shows Lamictal As An Effective Additional Therapy For Treatment of Grand Mal Seizures

... The most commonly reported adverse events in this analysis were headache (10% LAMICTAL, 25% placebo), nasopharyngitis (14% LAMICTAL, 4% placebo), and convulsion (10% LAMICTAL, 17% placebo). One patient from each treatment group discontinued due to an adverse event. No serious rashes occurred among patients tak...

Over Two-dozen Children Succumbs to Encephalitis in Bihar

...ck the spread of the killer disease. The children reported sudden light fever in the early morning, which was followed by bouts of unconsciousness and convulsion leading to their death. Civil surgeon Ramnagina Prasad Singh confirmed the deaths of the children due to suspected encephalitis. Unoffici...

Poisoning by fruits similar to blackberries

...everity of the symptoms, the child was hospitalized. On the way to the hospital, he developed hypotonia, lost consciousness, and went into generalized convulsion with eyes rolling back. In the mean time, a pharmacist formally identified the plant as the neurotoxic species C. myrtifolia. Examination upon arriv...

Convulsion in Medical Dictionary

Convulsion

A convulsion is a medical condition where body muscles contract and relax rapidly and repeatedly, resulting in an uncontrolled shaking of the body. Because a convulsion is often a symptom of an epileptical seizure, the term convulsion is sometimes used as a synonym for seizure. However, not a...

Skeletal

...y, skeletal adj. Of, relating to, forming, or of the nature of a skeleton. ... See also skeletal muscle. ... musculo- skeletal system. tonic convulsion ... Features an interactive diagram of the human skeleton. The striated category is subdivided further into skeletal and cardiac muscle. ...

Febrile

... seizure, also known as a fever fit or febrile convulsion is a convulsion triggered by a rise in body temperature. They mos...ile seizures. ... A febrile seizure is a convulsion in a child triggered by a fever. ... Febrile s...

Febrile convulsions

... seizure, also known as a fever fit or febrile convulsion is a convulsion triggered by a rise in body temperature. They mos...... A small percentage of children may have a convulsion when they have a high temperature. The high temp...

Febrile seizure

...seizure , also known as a fever fit or febrile convulsion is a convulsion triggered by a rise in body temperature. They mos...se frightening but ... A febrile seizure is a convulsion in young children ... A febrile seizure i...

Electroconvulsive

...Statement on Electroconvulsive Therapy ... The shock treatment or electroconvulsive therapy is ... Electroconvulsive therapy provokes a convulsion similar to a grand mal epileptic ... MySpace profile for electroconvulsive . Find friends, share photos, keep in touch with classmates, and me...

Convulsions

...s . The medical syndrome of recurrent,... A convulsion is a medical condition where body muscles contrac...in an uncontrolled shaking of the body. Because a convulsion is often a symptom of an epileptical seizure, the term convulsion is sometimes used as a synonym for seizure. Howev...