enow.com Web Search

  1. Ad

    related to: seizures in the elderly prognosis life expectancy

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Status epilepticus - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_epilepticus

    The seizures can be of the tonic–clonic type, with a regular pattern of contraction and extension of the arms and legs, or of types that do not involve contractions, such as absence seizures or complex partial seizures. [1] Status epilepticus is a life-threatening medical emergency, particularly if treatment is delayed. [1]

  3. Northern epilepsy syndrome - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_epilepsy_syndrome

    Seizure frequency is reduced to four to six seizures per year. [3] By this time, they are mentally and physically incapable to live without assistance due to the total mental degradation. Life expectancy is at least 50 years of age, which is shorter than the average worldwide age of 70. [4]

  4. Progressive myoclonus epilepsy - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_myoclonus_epilepsy

    The prognosis depends largely on the worsening symptoms and failure to respond to treatment. ... and has a shortened life expectancy. [4] [3] ... Seizures may become ...

  5. Jeavons syndrome - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeavons_Syndrome

    Jeavons syndrome is a lifelong disorder, even if seizures are well controlled with antiepileptic drugs. Men have a better prognosis than women. There is a tendency for photosensitivity to disappear in middle age, but eyelid myoclonia persists.

  6. Epilepsy - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epilepsy

    The greatest increase in mortality from epilepsy is among the elderly. [195] Those with epilepsy due to an unknown cause have a relatively low increase in risk. [195] Mortality is often related to the underlying cause of the seizures, status epilepticus, suicide, trauma, and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). [194]

  7. Dravet syndrome - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dravet_syndrome

    Dravet syndrome (DS), previously known as severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy (SMEI), is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder which causes a catastrophic form of epilepsy, with prolonged seizures that are often triggered by hot temperatures or fever. [1]

  8. Hippocampal sclerosis - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocampal_sclerosis

    The morbidity and mortality of refractory epilepsy and the adverse effects of medication treatment have a severe impact on life. [17] Those with an early age of epilepsy onset and hippocampal sclerosis have a poorer prognosis for becoming seizure-free. [ 16 ]

  9. Post-traumatic seizure - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-traumatic_seizure

    Post-traumatic seizures (PTS) are seizures that result from traumatic brain injury (TBI), brain damage caused by physical trauma.PTS may be a risk factor for post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE), but a person having a seizure or seizures due to traumatic brain injury does not necessarily have PTE, which is a form of epilepsy, a chronic condition in which seizures occur repeatedly.

  1. Ad

    related to: seizures in the elderly prognosis life expectancy