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epliepsy, block - Coggle Diagram
epliepsy
treatment
phenytoin
partial and tonic clonic sizures
carbamezabine
first line in focal sizures
ethosuxamide
in absence sizures
valproic acid
all types of epliepsy
brain surgery
types
generalised
tonic clonic
myoclonic
absence sizures
focal
types
complex ( impaired awarwness )
simple (with awarness )
mechanism
exitation too much
Na and Ca ions influx
inc. in aspartate and glutamate
inhibition too little
influx CL ion
inc. in GABA
diagnosis
EEG
grand mal ( tonic clonic )
petit mal ( absence sizures )
clinical signs
status epliepticus
prolonged sizure > 20 min for any type
treatment
IV lorazepam or diazepam followed by fosphenytoin
valproate for absence sizures
definition
chronic disorder of brain function
characterized by
reccurent and unpredictable sizures
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