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Overview
Overview
Epilepsy is a clinical multiaxial diagnosis and represents a disruption in the normal balance between excitatory and inhibitory currents or neurotransmission in the brain.
Clinical symptoms during a seizure may include auras, cyanosis, sudden falls, motor symptoms (eg involuntary stiffening or jerky movements of limbs in an awake, unaware or asleep patient), cognitive symptoms (eg blank spells, speech arrest with or without automatisms), sensory symptoms (eg paresthesia or numbness, auditory, olfactory or visual hallucination), autonomic symptoms (eg urinary incontinence or tongue biting with loss of awareness, or during sleep), and alteration of mental status.
It is recommended that all patients having a first seizure be referred as soon as possible to a specialist to ensure accurate and early diagnosis and initiation of treatment appropriate to the needs of the patients.
In most clinical settings, seizures are not treated unless ≥2 unprovoked seizures are demonstrated within a 12-month period.
For further information regarding the management of Epilepsy, please refer to Disease Algorithm for the Treatment Guideline.
Clinical symptoms during a seizure may include auras, cyanosis, sudden falls, motor symptoms (eg involuntary stiffening or jerky movements of limbs in an awake, unaware or asleep patient), cognitive symptoms (eg blank spells, speech arrest with or without automatisms), sensory symptoms (eg paresthesia or numbness, auditory, olfactory or visual hallucination), autonomic symptoms (eg urinary incontinence or tongue biting with loss of awareness, or during sleep), and alteration of mental status.
It is recommended that all patients having a first seizure be referred as soon as possible to a specialist to ensure accurate and early diagnosis and initiation of treatment appropriate to the needs of the patients.
In most clinical settings, seizures are not treated unless ≥2 unprovoked seizures are demonstrated within a 12-month period.
For further information regarding the management of Epilepsy, please refer to Disease Algorithm for the Treatment Guideline.