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Seizures

Seizures are a sudden surg of electric activity in the brain. During the seizure, the brain cells either excite or inhibit other brain cells from sending messages. They can affect how a person appears or acts for a short period of time. Below are the stage of seizures, but of course, every seizure looks different.

  • Indescribable feeling

  • Awareness, sensory, emotional or thought changes

    • Smells, sounds, pleasant feelings, racing thoughts

  • Physical changes

    • Headaches, nausea, or numbness or tingling in parts of the body

  • From the first symptom to the end of seizure activity

  • Sometimes the visible symptoms last longer than the seizure on the EEG because they are aftereffects of the brain activity

  • Awareness, sensory, emotional, or thought changes

    • Loss of awareness/consciousness, confused, loss of vision, flashing lights, visual hallucinations

  • Physical changes

    • Difficulty talking, repeated eye blinks, lack of movement or muscle tone, jerking movements, tense muscles, repeated nonpurposeful movements, sweating, heart racing

  • Recovery period

  • Some recover immediately, others take minutes to feel like themselves again

  • Awareness, sensory, emotional or thought changes

    • Slow to respond, confused, sleepy, memory loss, scared, anxious

  • Physical changes

    • May have injuries from whatever took place during the seizure, tired, headache, thirsty, weakness

Aura or Warning
Ictal Phase or Middle
Postictal Phase or Ending

(Epilepsy)

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