what happens to the brain when we have a seizure?
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Seizures Your seizure results from an abnormal electrical discharge in your brain. This abnormal short circuit can cause a change in behavior without you being aware of what is happening. During a seizure you may fall down, stare into space, make jerking movements, or have a funny feeling in your stomach.
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Overview When seizures appear to result from abnormal activity in just one area of your brain, they're called focal (partial) seizures. These seizures fall into two categories. Focal seizures without loss of consciousness (simple partial seizures). These seizures don't cause a loss of consciousness.
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Seizures A seizure is an attack caused by abnormal electrical activity in the brain. It lasts only a short period of time and may cause unusual movements, a change in the level or loss of consciousness, and/or sensory distortions. There are many different types of seizures.
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Epilepsy Epilepsy: what you should know. 1  Having one seizure does not mean you have epilepsy: You must have had two or more seizures to be diagnosed with epilepsy. 2  Epilepsy can develop as a result of damage to the brain from a head injury or from disorders that affect the brain, such as a brain tumor or stroke. Often, there is no detectable risk factor for developing epilepsy. Around 30 percent of seizures are not controlled by anti-seizure medications.
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Seizures - Topic Overview The brain controls how the body moves by sending out small electrical signals through the nerves to the muscles. Seizures, or convulsions, occur when abnormal signals from the brain change the way the body functions. Seizures are different from person to person. Some people have only slight shaking of a hand and do not lose consciousness. Other people may become unconscious and have violent shaking of the entire body.
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- When brain cells are not working properly, a person's consciousness, movement, or actions may be altered for a short time. These physical changes are called epileptic seizures. Epilepsy is therefore sometimes called a seizure disorder. Epilepsy affects people in all nations and of all races.
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Overview By Mayo Clinic Staff. Grand mal seizures occur when the electrical activity over the whole surface of the brain becomes abnormally synchronized. The brain's nerve cells normally communicate with each other by sending electrical and chemical signals across the synapses that connect the cells. In people who have seizures, the brain's usual electrical activity is altered. Exactly what causes the changes to occur remains unknown in about half the cases.
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Seizure During a seizure, brain cells fire uncontrollably at up to four times their normal rate, temporarily affecting the way a person behaves, moves, thinks or feels. Primary generalized seizures – The seizure affects the entire cerebral cortex, the outer portion of the brain that contains the majority of brain cells.
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Caring for Dogs Who Suffer From Brain Diseases and Seizures Types of Seizures and Why They Happen. A seizure is the result of sudden and abnormal neurological activity, basically a kind of electrical storm in the brain. In humans and dogs, seizures can manifest themselves in many ways and have a multitude of causes. However, seizures are always accompanied by altered or loss of consciousness. They may last a few seconds, several minutes, or, in the worst cases, hours.
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What You Should Know About Seizures Anyone can have a seizure. There are some who believe that seizures and epilepsy are one and the same thing. A seizure, by definition, is a transient event caused by excessive or non-synchronous brain activity. Epilepsy, by contrast, is a medical condition characterized by the recurrence of seizure.
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- Seizures can take on many different forms, and seizures affect different people in different ways. Anything that the brain does normally can also occur during a seizure when the brain is activated by seizure discharges. Some people call this activity “electrical storms” in the brain.Seizures have a beginning, middle, and end. Not all parts of a seizure may be visible or easy to separate from each other.eizures can take on many different forms, and seizures affect different people in different ways. Anything that the brain does normally can also occur during a seizure when the brain is activated by seizure discharges. Some people call this activity “electrical storms” in the brain.
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- Epilepsy is a neurological condition involving the brain which makes people more likely to have seizures. Normal brain function is made possible by millions of tiny electrical charges occurring between nerve cells in the brain and to all parts of the body.
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- A seizure is a change in a person’s behavior that comes from abnormal electrical activity in the brain. Most seizures occur without warning, although some people have a funny feeling, an upset stomach, or a weird smell or taste right before a seizure. This is called an aura.
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- These seizures can occur if you have epilepsy, which is a condition that causes repeated seizures. This type of seizure happens on only one side of the brain. As a result, one side of the body is affected during a seizure.
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Epilepsy (Seizure Disorder) 1 Sometimes severe seizure can cause brain damage, but most seizures do not seem to have a detrimental effect on the brain. 2  Epilepsy has many possible causes, from illness to brain damage to abnormal brain development. 3  Genetics may also play a role.
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Absence seizure In people who have seizures, the brain's usual electrical activity is altered. During an absence seizure, these electrical signals repeat themselves over and over in a three-second pattern. People who have seizures may also have altered levels of the chemical messengers that help the nerve cells communicate with one another (neurotransmitters).
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Do Seizures Damage the Brain? The discussion over whether single, brief seizures cause brain damage continues. It is not clear whether single seizures can cause cell death or if it is the cumulative effect of many seizures that cause damage.
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- Seizures can take on many different forms, and seizures affect different people in different ways. Anything that the brain does normally can also occur during a seizure when the brain is activated by seizure discharges. Some people call this activity “electrical storms” in the brain. Seizures have a beginning, middle, and end. Not all parts of a seizure may be visible or easy to separate from each other.
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CSF Leaks and Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension The Effects of Epilepsy on the Body. Epilepsy is a disorder of the brain that causes recurring seizures. According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, almost three million Americans are living with epilepsy. Epilepsy can be triggered by illness or injury, but most of the time, there is no known cause. Because it is a disorder of the central nervous system, effects can be felt throughout the body. Due to the unpredictability of seizures, there can also be a great emotional toll.
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Epilepsy and Seizures Epilepsy is a neurological condition involving the brain that makes people more susceptible to having seizures. It is one of the most common disorders of the nervous system and affects people of all ages, races and ethnic background. Almost 3 million Americans live with epilepsy.
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Seizures and Epilepsy In the first few weeks following a stroke some stroke survivors will experience a seizure. Seizures are a sign of brain injury and are caused by sudden disorganized electrical activity in the brain. Seizures can be characterized by spasms or convulsions. Stroke is the most common cause of seizures in older people. Expand All.
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Causes of seizures A brain injury can cause seizure(s) because of the unusual amount of energy that is discharged across of the brain when the injury occurs and thereafter. When there is damage to the temporal lobe of the brain, there is a disruption of the supply of oxygen. The risk of seizure(s) from a closed head injury is about 15%.
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What Is Epilepsy? Epilepsy is a group of related disorders in the brain's electrical systems that are characterized by a tendency to cause recurrent seizures. Seizures cause changes in movement, behavior, sensation, or awareness, including loss of consciousness or convulsions, which last from a few seconds to a few minutes in most individuals.
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- The seizures occur because of a sudden surge of electrical activity in the brain-there is an overload of electrical activity in the brain. This causes a temporary disturbance in the messaging systems between brain cells.
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Epilepsy and Seizures Complex focal seizures. This type of seizure commonly occurs in the temporal lobe of the brain, the area of the brain that controls emotion and memory function. This seizure usually lasts one to two minutes. Consciousness is usually lost during these seizures.
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Seizure What Is It? A seizure is a sudden change in the brain's normal electrical activity. During a seizure, brain cells fire uncontrollably at up to four times their normal rate, temporarily affecting the way a person behaves, moves, thinks or feels.