Convulsions: Causes & Reasons

Possible Causes for Convulsions

A total of 2/36 patients progressed rapidly to acute respiratory insufficiency, and the correct diagnoses were missed for the other patients who were treated for seizures [hindawi.com]

[…] accompanied by neuro-visceral attacks that appear as intense abdominal pain (in 85-95% of cases) over one to two weeks, neurological symptoms (muscular weakness, sensory loss or convulsions [orpha.net]

Convulsions. Muscle weakness. Nausea and vomiting. Constipation. Hypertensive crises. Increased heart rate. Do you have any of these symptoms? [cun.es]

Acute Amphetamine Intoxication

In patient [ 5 ] convulsion and hypertension were the main pathognomonic signs. [omicsonline.org]

Seizures, which occur because the seizure threshold is lowered by cocaine, are treated with diazepam. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

Their neurological complications are principally: psychic alterations, seizures and stroke (hemorrhagic and ischemic). [idmu.co.uk]

Porphyria

A total of 2/36 patients progressed rapidly to acute respiratory insufficiency, and the correct diagnoses were missed for the other patients who were treated for seizures [hindawi.com]

Gabapentin and probably vigabatrin can be used to treat convulsions. [patient.info]

[…] with epilepsy, but the convulsions may have been related to hyponatremia. [hindawi.com]

Cardiogenic Syncope

DO SEIZURES PROVOKE ARRHYTHMIAS? [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Relations between syncope, seizure, and arrhythmia. There are clinically important relations between syncope and seizure disorders. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] or convulsive syncope from the cardiovascular perspective has been chosen as the topic for this article. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

[…] and that it often results in the development of a more severe form of convulsions, such as partial seizures, prolonged seizures, and repeated seizures, and might be a risk [dx.doi.org]

Also, 8 of 10 CSF samples from 8 patients who had three or more febrile convulsions and 1 of 7 CSF samples from patients who had a single febrile convulsion contained HHV- [dx.doi.org]

All patients had no past history of afebrile seizure before the febrile convulsion. [dx.doi.org]

Epilepsy

We herein report two epilepsy patients with the seizure focus in the non-dominant hemisphere manifesting secondarily generalized convulsion (sGC) with retained awareness characterized [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] to ICD-10-CM 345.01 Generalized nonconvulsive epilepsy, with intractable epilepsy convert 345.01 to ICD-10-CM 345.1 Generalized convulsive epilepsy 345.10 Generalized convulsive [icd9data.com]

We assessed the activity of PDSN in pilocarpine induced seizures in combination with different agents which are acting via diverse receptors, such as atropine, memantine, [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Status Epilepticus

BACKGROUND: Tonic-clonic convulsions and convulsive status epilepticus (currently defined as a tonic-clonic convulsion lasting at least 30 minutes) are medical emergencies [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Includes generalized convulsive seizures, nonconvulsive seizures (absence status, complex partial status) and continuous focal motor seizure activity. [starship.org.nz]

Secondary outcomes include: Clinical cessation of seizure activity at two hours; Time to clinical seizure cessation; Need for rapid sequence induction; Intensive care unit [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Acute Intermittent Porphyria

We report a series of six cases who presented with convulsion and/or polyneuropathy early in the course of disease to highlight this fact. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The authors presented the case of a 38-years-old patient admitted for persistent abdominal pain that previously presented two generalized convulsive seizures. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A 15-year old girl was admitted in the medicine department of Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College with the complaints of recurrent abdominal pain, convulsions and weakness of [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Alcohol Withdrawal Seizures

Firstly atypia, the well-supervised preventive treatment of convulsion did not avoid seizures. [em-consulte.com]

Second, the duration of seizures elicited in kindled rats has been used as a sensitive index of convulsive withdrawal effects; increases in the duration of kindled motor seizures [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

As the name of my post suggests the seizure/ convulsion in the above case is usually temporally associated with excessive alcohol use. [braindiseases.blog]

Epilepsy with Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures

DIS, GRAND MAL SEIZURE DIS, SEIZURE DIS GRAND MAL, SEIZURE DIS MAJOR MOTOR, Tonic-clonic convulsion, generalized convulsive tonic-clonic seizure, grand mal epilepsy (diagnosis [fpnotebook.com]

Generalized seizures are convulsive, absence, tonic, atonic, and myoclonic. [medlink.com]

Syndromes, Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Tonic Clonic Seizure Syndrome, Tonic-Clonic Seizure Syndrome, Tonic-Clonic Seizure Syndromes, Convulsion, Grand Mal, Convulsions, Grand [fpnotebook.com]

Delta Aminolevulinate Dehydrase Deficiency

In its rare neurological manifestation it can lead to untreatable convulsions which leave no option but to terminate the pregnancy. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Subsequently neurological symptoms with seizures developed leading to a status epilepticus with continuing seizures at week 14. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy

[…] myoclonic Epileptic seizures - clonic Epileptic seizures - myoclonic Epileptic seizures - tonic Generalized convulsive epilepsy Generalized tonic clonic epilepsy Grand mal [icd9data.com]

( F44.5 ) convulsions NOS ( R56.9 ) post traumatic seizures ( R56.1 ) seizure (convulsive) NOS ( R56.9 ) seizure of newborn ( P90 ) Type 2 Excludes hippocampal sclerosis [icd10data.com]

[…] myoclonic epilepsy in infancy Childhood absence epilepsy Juvenile absence epilepsy Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy Epilepsy with grand mal seizures on awakening Other ‏ الصفحة [books.google.com]

Pyridoxine Dependency Syndrome

Ann Neurol 13:103-104, 1983 A rare cause of neonatal seizures is pyridoxine (vita- min B,)-dependency convulsions. [dev.docslide.net]

[…] pyridoxine deficiency (pir´idok´sēn), n a lack of a required level of pyridoxine, which causes irritability and may lead to convulsions and peripheral neuritis. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

These include ( i ) cryptogenic seizures in a previously normal infant without abnormal gestational or perinatal history, ( ii ) history of a severe convulsion disorder, often [indianpediatrics.net]

Febrile Seizures

While it is distressing to stand idle and do nothing, the only real benefit of stopping a febrile seizure is to alleviate the anxiety of the onlooker. [thenursepath.blog]

Febrile convulsions (FC) are the most common type of seizures in pediatric patients. [symptoma.com]

A febrile convulsion is a fit or seizure in children who have a sudden rise in temperature with an infection. Febrile convulsions are common in childhood. [healthywa.wa.gov.au]

Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy Type 6

Epileptic seizures: clonic myoclonic tonic tonic-clonic Grand mal Major epilepsy Progressive myoclonic epilepsy Unverricht-Lundborg disease ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries [icd9data.com]

Initially, tonic-clonic seizures are preceded by increased body temperature, which is why these attacks are often misdiagnosed as febrile convulsions, but later on, seizures [symptoma.com]

The primary endpoint was the change in convulsive-seizure frequency over 14 weeks, compared with a 4-week baseline period. [pharmacist.com]

Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy

We present a case of a boy with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) who presented with features of non-convulsive status epilepticus (NCSE). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

After being free of seizures for 2 years, withdrawal of valproic acid was followed by relapse of convulsions in 12 patients. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

We reviewed whether variants damage EFHC1 functions, whether efhc1 -/- KO mice recapitulate CTC convulsions and "microdysgenesis" neuropathology, and whether supernumerary [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Barbiturate Withdrawal

The clonic phase of withdrawal convulsions was accentuated and the overall condition of the animals worsened. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

All animals treated this way developed severe withdrawal signs including spontaneous grand mal type convulsions, upon abrupt drug withdrawal. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

They are also used to help control seizures in epilepsy, as well as an adjunct to anesthesia in some cases. [news-medical.net]

West Syndrome

Epileptic spasms infantile spasms juvenile spasms Generalized flexion epilepsy Infantile epileptic encephalopathy Infantile myoclonic encephalopathy jackknife convulsions [wikidata.org]

West: On a peculiar form of infantile convulsions. Letter. Lancet, 1840-1841, I: 724-725. T. E. [whonamedit.com]

Clarke had already seen 4 such cases which he termed the ‘salaam convulsions of infancy‘ to describe the flexion and extension nature of the seizures. 1841 – William West [litfl.com]

Cicuta Maculata Poisoning

► Tetanic convulsions (two cases), (after two hours), [2]. ► Fell backwards in convulsions, which with various remissions and exacerbations continued till he died; they [homeoint.org]

The effects of the C. maculata are very like those of the Virosa, the most prominent symptom being: Falls unconscious, tetanic or clonic convulsions. [homeopathycenter.org]

The ewe given 100 g showed few symptoms; 200 g of plant material caused extensive symptoms including seizures, recumbency, and labored breathing. [cbif.gc.ca]

Rolandic Epilepsy

Other motor seizures include (1) hemiclonic convulsions, (2) complex partial seizures with automatisms, and (3) generalized clonic seizures. [emedicine.com]

Seizures may spread and have unilateral or bilateral convulsive features. Duration is ~1 to 2 mins but lasts longer if seizures progress to convulsions (1/3). [pennsw.com.au]

[…] the age of 1 year, febrile or afebrile convulsions, or EEG spikes with no clinical seizures. [emedicine.com]

Photosensitive Epilepsy

Widespread Episode of Photo Convulsive Seizures Many people have heard of photo convulsive seizures. [verywellhealth.com]

BOTH central and peripheral mechanisms may be involved in the convulsive response to photic stimulation in certain epileptics. [jamanetwork.com]

Seizures may also cause loss of consciousness or convulsions that can lead to injury from falling or striking nearby objects. [support.xbox.com]

Tetanus Neonatorum

Prevention of injury to and assessment of a patient with convulsive seizures are discussed under convulsion. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

Its effects are excruciating — tiny newborns suffer repeated, painful convulsions and extreme sensitivity to light and touch. There is little hope of survival. [sites.kiwanis.org]

As long as the patient is acutely ill and likely to suffer from convulsive seizures, someone should be in constant attendance. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

Strychnine Poisoning

The patient vomited then suffered a series of tonic convulsions which were triggered by tactile stimulation. In between paroxysms he was initially alert. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Successful treatment requires aggressive airway control and treatment of seizures with benzodiazepines or barbiturates. Neuromuscular blockade may be required. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

It must be noted that the patient is awake and conscious at the time of convulsions and during the appearance of muscle spasms. [symptoma.com]

Adams-Stokes Syndrome

Seizures may accompany the episodes. Also called Stokes-Adams syndrome. See also infranodal block. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

A patient who had stroke history, was admitted to the emergency department with repetitive convulsions that mimic epileptic seizures. [agris.fao.org]

An occasional temporary stoppage or extreme slowing of the pulse as a result of heart block, causing dizziness, fainting, and sometimes convulsions. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

Daphne Poisoning

Symptoms of Daphne poisoning include headache, nausea, diarrhea, convulsions and delirium. [homeguides.sfgate.com]

Symptoms : Vomiting, diarrhea, convulsions, hallucination. [www1.agric.gov.ab.ca]

Symptoms of nightshade poisoning include blurred vision, fever, hallucinations, extreme thirst, convulsions and death. [homeguides.sfgate.com]

Salicylate Poisoning

[…] urinary pH of 7.5-8. closely monitor blood gases and urinary pH. early haemodialysis if: massive ingestion > 500mg/kg likely to need intubation as altered mental state or seizures [ozemedicine.com]

It may also be involved in certain contraindications such as convulsions, coma and unprotected airways. [ic.steadyhealth.com]

[…] paraquat parathion poisoning a toxic condition resulting from inhalation or ingestion of the insecticide parathion; characterized by nausea and abdominal pains and headache and convulsions [vocabulary.com]

Tricyclic Antidepressant Overdose

TCA levels >1000 ng/ml were associated with QT and QRS prolongation and convulsions. However, no single parameter predicted non-survival. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Complications such as convulsions, hypotension, arrhythmias, and need for intubation and ventilation were recorded. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Convulsions started within 1½ hours of admission in 28 of 30, 23% had been fully alert just prior to the convulsion, and 10% died. [doi.org]

Ergotism

Abstract Between 1085 and 1927, epidemics of "convulsive ergotism" were widespread east of the Rhine in Europe due to consumption of grain contaminated with ergot, which is [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] symptoms similar to those of convulsive ergotism in man can be produced. [journals.cambridge.org]

Dihydroergotamine binds to serotonin receptors in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord, which is the site of neuropathological changes in convulsive ergotism. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Preeclampsia

This may explain how magnesium sulfate protects women with severe preeclampsia against cerebral damage and prevents acute convulsions in these patients. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The gestational age at the time of seizure was recorded, and for postpartum seizures this was taken to be the gestational age at delivery. [bmj.com]

[…] believe that this case series report may have a broader clinical impact across medicine because the mechanism of how magnesium sulfate can protect patients and prevent acute convulsions [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Eclampsia

Read More disorders of pregnancy In renal system disease: Renal disorders in pregnancy …seizures and convulsions follow (eclampsia). [britannica.com]

The immediate therapy is to stop the convulsions and reduce blood pressure. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

It is characterized by grand mal seizure, coma, hypertension, proteinuria, and edema. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]