How Does a Seizure Occur?

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Seizures-Topic Overview More
Published: 8 years, 10 month(s) ago by Farid Wassef | permalink
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The brain controls how the body moves by sending out small electrical signals through the nerves to the muscles. Seizures, or convulsions, occur when abnormal signals from the brain change the way the body functions.
Tags: altered alterness, altered awareness, altered behavior, altered consciousness, behavior change, behaviour change, confusion, convulsions, decreased consciousness, fits, NES, non-epileptic seizure, nonepileptic seizures, pseudoseizures, seizure, seizure disorder

For further reading: http://www.webmd.com/epilepsy/tc/seizures-topic-overview ^[1]

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What Happens During A Seizure? More
Published: 8 years, 10 month(s) ago by Maria Celorico | permalink
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Seizures can take on many different forms, and seizures affect different people in different ways. Anything that the brain does normally can also occur during a seizure when the brain is activated by seizure discharges. Some people call this activity “electrical storms” in the brain.
Tags: aura,Melisssa
For further reading: http://www.epilepsy.com/learn/epilepsy-101/what-happens-during-seizure ^[2]

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Seizures: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia More
Published: 8 years, 10 month(s) ago by BOOMM | permalink
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For further reading: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003200.htm ^[3]

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Epilepsy (Seizures): Learn about Facts and Treatments More
Published: 8 years, 10 month(s) ago by Keith M Porter | permalink
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Learn about epilepsy, or seizure disorder. Causes include head injury, trauma, prenatal injury, poisoning, medications, stroke, heart attacks, alcoholism, infection, and more. Symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment information is included in the information.

For further reading: http://www.medicinenet.com/seizure/article.htm ^[4]

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1. http://www.webmd.com/epilepsy/tc/seizures-topic-overview

2. http://www.epilepsy.com/learn/epilepsy-101/what-happens-during-seizure

3. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003200.htm

4. http://www.medicinenet.com/seizure/article.htm