One type of this symptom that can be treated with ethosuximide [eh-thoe-SUK-sih-mide] is classified as the absence type. Another type of this event, w
One type of this symptom that can be treated with ethosuximide [eh-thoe-SUK-sih-mide] is classified as the absence type. Another type of this event, which usually occurs in young children with high fevers, is the febrile [FEH-brile] type. Sometimes treated with carbamazepine [kar-bah-MA-zeh-peen], or tegretol, these can also be classified as myoclonic [MIGH-oh-klah-nik] or as tonic-clonic. These occur when there is a breakdown in communications between neurons. Name these episodes often involving convulsions that are experienced by people with epilepsy.
One type of this symptom that can be treated with ethosuximide [eh-thoe-SUK-sih-mide] is classified as the absence type.
seizures (prompt on "convulsion")