NUR 3128 - Module 14 Final Exam

seizure - Results from sudden, transient disruption in brain electrical function seizure - -Caused by abnormal excessive discharges of critical neurons -Characteristics: -Involuntary, uncontrolled movements -Loss or Disturbance of consciousness Epilepsy - Seizure disorder -Disease of the brain -Recurrent, unpredictable seizures Results from -abnormal electric discharges from cerebral neuron -imbalance in the excitation and inhibition of electrical impulses Caused by -Disruption in electrical brain functioning -Altered neuronal environment can be exacerbated Seizures - Any disorder that alters the neuronal environment! -Trauma, Anoxia, Infection -Brain tumor -Perinatal insults -Alcohol or drugs -Fever -Stress -Metabolic disorders -Injury or Cerebrovascular disease Seizures - ___ Threshold reduction -Infection, fever -Stress, fatigue, lack of sleep -Electrolyte or acid-base imbalance -Use of antipsychotic drugs -Withdrawal from depressant drugs -Environmental stimuli -Menses prodroma (preictal phase) - Epilepsy Phase: -early clinical manifestation (such as malaise, headache, a sense of depression or alterations in smell, taste, hearing or vision) that may occur a few day to hours before onset aura (preictal phase) - Epilepsy Phase: a partial seizure experienced as a peculiar sensation preceding onset of generalized seizure that may take the form of gustatory, visual, or auditory experience or a feeling of dizziness, numbness, or just "a funny feeling" ictal phase - Epilepsy Phase: the event of the seizure