SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE

Course overview

A SEIZURE IS AN EPISODIC, EXCESSIVE AND DISORDERLY NEURONAL ACTIVITY IN THE BRAIN. THESE HAVE TRADITIONALLY BEEN CLASSIFIED INTO PARTIAL AND GENERALIZED SEIZURES. PARTIAL SEIZURE REFERS TO ABNORMAL NEURAL ACTIVITY THAT IS LOCATED IN ONLY ONE AREA OF THE CEREBRAL HEMISPHERE AND HAVING A FIXED FOCAL OR LOCALIZED ONSET. WHEN THERE IS NO IMPAIRMENT IN CONSCIOUSNESS, IT IS CALLED A SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE, AND WHEN THERE IS IMPAIRMENT IN CONSCIOUSNESS, IT IS CALLED A COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE. PATIENTS WITH SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURES REMAIN AWARE AND AWAKE THROUGHOUT THE SEIZURE, AND SOME PATIENTS CAN EVEN TALK DURING THE EPISODE. THIS ACTIVITY DESCRIBES THE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURES AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION.