Generalized Seizures in Children – Pediatric Neurology | Lecturio

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- Management of generalized seizures
- Examples of an EEG
- Antiepileptic drugs
- Focal seizures
- Infantile Spasms
- Benign rolandic epilepsy

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Your tutor is Brian Alverson, MD. He is the Director for the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine at Hasbro Children's Hospital and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Brown University in Providence, RI. He has been active in pediatric education and research for 15 years and has won over 25 teaching awards at two Ivy League Medical Schools. Dr. Alverson has extensive experience in preparing students for the USMLE exams and has test writing experience as well.

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[drkhaldoonalhafidh]

Thank you so much. Very helpful even for specialist in epileptology. Kind Regards

[belanishnianidze]

Thank you very much for this great video. Amazing teacher. 😍

[sophiepalmer-doran]

When I was a baby I had a febrile seizure I stopped breathing and turned blue my mom gave me mouth to mouth and by the time the EMTS arrived I stopped seizing. in pre k I would get angry and punch any thing that was in front of me that is when it was suggested that my parents should take me to a therapist. he took one look at me and said that I was having seizures he then referred me to a neurologist. At the at the age of 5, I was diagnosed with childhood absence epilepsy but I have been seizure free since the age of thirteen. And so was taken of meds which caused massive weight gain a hand tremor and memory loss. The point is meds are good up until a point and then it becomes a pill, no pun intended. My triggers are flashing lights, the transition from the out doors to inside a classroom getting too hot and recently sleep deprivation. when i have an absent my pupils will go from normal to pin point that is the only physical sign the eye can lasts My seizures last one second and happened every minute to every minute and a half. So there are 60 seconds in a minute and 24 hours in a day then I was having seizures every 1440 minutes or 86400 seconds so in total I would have 86400 seizures per day with meds. my parents were told to treat me as a normal child and to see how fare I would develop and look at me now I have graduated high school with honors . I am in collage as you can infer I was not expected to do much of what I just mentioned
The effects of my seizures is that I have Aspie like tendencies due to my epilepsy which I know is difficult to understand to put it in simple terms as a result of my seizures my brain compensated and rewired itself and so I have all of the symptoms of Aspergers but lack any sort of understanding math as a result I have no understanding of money and never really learned my basic math facts.(I am just learning them now in college which for most Aspergers people they are gifted with math abilities ) I also have orthotic issues due to my seizures I also have a  processing disorder. I have low gross motor control and other motor issues as well.
After my father died, it seems I have had a relapse if that is possible. I still have my absence seizure but it is not enough to put me on meds . I take omega 3 cod liver oil liquid form as I cannot swallow pills this helps decrease the too small to medicate seizures I have very small seizures that show up on the EEG as misfired neurons and the Dr. called them "flurries" so here is what my flurries are typically like I will become very spacey I can not interact with my surroundings I also felt locked in to place. I am completely aware my vision becomes like a tunnel and thing start to move or vibrate on their own an absent seizure lasts 1 second but these flurries can last 5-10 minutes.

[mohsinfareed]

Thanks very much. concise and very informative.

[nabilahakmar]

what is the relevance of keto diet and seizure?

[khairunnisakhalil]

Why is phenobarbital is better in children less than 1yo?