focal seizure

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focal seizure

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focal seizure - transitory disturbance in motor or sensory function resulting from abnormal cortical activity

ictus, raptus, seizure - a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease; "he suffered an epileptic seizure"

cortical epilepsy, focal epilepsy - epilepsy in which the attacks begins with an isolated disturbance of cerebral function (as a twitching of a limb or an illusory sensation or a mental disturbance)

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A Your husband's symptoms sound like a type of seizure called a focal seizure.

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He had a focal seizure in August 2017 which lasted for two minutes without losing his consciousness, after which he could not walk without support.

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Focal seizures can manifest as many different types of symptoms, each person having their own individual experience of a focal seizure.

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Examples include children with a suspected benign focal seizure disorder and unusual syncopal events.

Managing first-time seizures and epilepsy in children: a first seizure is a relatively common problem in paediatric general practice

On Friday evening he was enjoying a few drinks with Tracy at their regular but as they prepared to leave Steven began to have a focal seizure.

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During the imaging procedure, contrast was injected, precipitating a focal seizure of the involved extremity, changing what part of the nervous system was imaged.

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Another study found five factors that predicted meningitis among 241 children aged 6 months to 6 years: a physician visit within 48 hours before the seizure, convulsions upon arrival to the emergency room, a focal seizure, and suspicious findings on physical and/or neurologic exam.

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In our study, only one patient with cavernous haemangioma presenting with focal seizure was identified accounting for 2.

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An older adult having a focal seizure tends to have more understated symptoms--they may experience confusion, lose awareness of their surroundings, and simply stop and stare at nothing.