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Benign neonatal seizures are not classified as epilepsy and the seizures usually resolve after 1–4 months. [30] A benign familial neonatal seizure onsets as early as 3 days of birth and may involve one or both sides of the brain. Recurrent seizure episodes are observed to occur in neonates.
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.
A person with PTE experiences repeated post-traumatic seizures (PTS, seizures that result from TBI) more than a week after the initial injury. [2] PTE is estimated to constitute 5% of all cases of epilepsy and over 20% of cases of acquired epilepsy [3] [4] [1] (in which seizures are caused by an identifiable organic brain condition). [5]
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Convulsions can also occur when the blood sugar is too low or there is a deficiency of vitamin B6 (pyridoxine). The pathophysiology of convulsion remains ambiguous. [5] Convulsions are often caused by epileptic seizures, febrile seizures, non-epileptic seizures, or paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia. [2]
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Infants who do give indications of stroke in the womb or shortly after birth commonly experience seizures. [3] When an infant has a seizure, they experience jerking in the face, legs, or arms, alongside delayed breathing. [4] Seizures are mostly caused by hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) or perinatal asphyxia. [34]
Acquired brain injury (ABI) is brain damage caused by events after birth, rather than as part of a genetic or congenital disorder such as fetal alcohol syndrome, perinatal illness or perinatal hypoxia. [1] ABI can result in cognitive, physical, emotional, or behavioural impairments that lead to permanent or temporary changes in functioning. [1]