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Geschwind syndrome, also known as Gastaut–Geschwind syndrome, is a group of behavioral phenomena evident in some people with temporal lobe epilepsy.It is named for one of the first individuals to categorize the symptoms, Norman Geschwind, who published prolifically on the topic from 1973 to 1984. [1]
In persons with epilepsy episodic hyperreligosity may occur during seizures [11] or postictally, but is usually a chronic personality feature that occurs interictally. [3] Hyperreligiosity was associated in one small study with decreased right hippocampal volume. [ 6 ]
focal seizures that may spread to adjacent areas (Jacksonian seizure) grand mal or tonic-clonic seizures; changes in personality such as disinhibition, inappropriate jocularity, rage without provocation; or loss of initiative and concern, apathy, akinetic mutism, general retardation
Local epilepsy advocates have developed emergency medical cards with a step-by-step guide for people who encounter someone experiencing a seizure. People with epilepsy can get seizures at any time ...
A seizure is a sudden change in behavior, movement or consciousness due to abnormal electrical activity in the brain. [3] [6] Seizures can look different in different people. It can be uncontrolled shaking of the whole body (tonic-clonic seizures) or a person spacing out for a few seconds (absence seizures).
PNES episodes can be difficult to distinguish from epileptic seizures without the use of long-term video EEG monitoring. Some characteristics which may distinguish PNES from epileptic seizures include gradual onset, out-of-phase limb movement (in which left and right extremities jerk asynchronously or in opposite directions, as opposed to ...
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During the seizure, the patient will experience hallucinations and loss of mental control, [38] causing temporary dissociation from reality. A study that was conducted with six epileptic patients and used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) detected how the patients did indeed experience hallucinations while a seizure is occurring. [ 39 ]