Neonatal seizures occur in babies soon after birth. As many as 1.5 to 2.5 per cent of newborns have seizures in the first month of life. A further 20 per cent of all seizures in children under three years of age are neonatal seizures. Neonatal disorders are generally classified as subtle, clonic, tonic, and myoclonic.…
Myoclonic seizures occur in several different types of childhood epilepsy. They involve abrupt muscle jerks in parts or all of the body. A hand may suddenly fling out, a shoulder may shrug, a foot may kick, or the entire body may jerk. Myoclonic seizures can occur as a single event or in series. Consciousness and…
A musicogenic seizure is reflex epilepsy triggered by certain types of music or even specific frequencies of pitch for which the person’s brain has a low threshold or tolerance. These sounds trigger focal epileptiform EEG discharges in cerebral areas specific to the triggering stimulus. This usually results in a complex partial seizure, but may also…
Lennox-Gastaut syndrome is an extremely destructive disorder, which still has many physicians baffled. It affects between 3 to 10 per cent of children with epilepsy, more commonly in males. The peak age for onset is between three to five years of age with extreme incidence occurring in the first and tenth years of life. There…
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