Nursing NUR201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 96: Urinary Incontinence, Convulsion, Antibody
13 Jun 2016
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The most common and dramatic, and therefore the most well known, is the generalized convulsion, also called the grand-mal seizure. In this type of seizure, the patient loses consciousness and usually collapses. The loss of consciousness is followed by generalized body stiffening (called the tonic phase of the seizure) for 30 to 60 seconds, then by violent jerking (the. clonic phase) for 30 to 60 seconds, after which the patient goes into a deep sleep (the postictal or after-seizure phase). During grand-mal seizures, injuries and accidents may occur, such as tongue biting and urinary incontinence. Based on the type of behavior and brain activity, seizures are divided into two broad categories: generalized and partial (also called local or focal). Classifying the type of seizure helps doctors diagnose whether or not a patient has epilepsy. This type of seizure cause a short loss of consciousness (just a few seconds) with few or no symptoms.
