How do you identify different types of seizures?
These words are used to describe generalized seizures:
- Tonic: Muscles in the body become stiff.
- Atonic: Muscles in the body relax.
- Myoclonic: Short jerking in parts of the body.
- Clonic: Periods of shaking or jerking parts on the body.
What does D seizure Nos mean?
Also called a seizure disorder, epilepsy may be diagnosed when the patient has two or more unprovoked seizures. Code Assignment. A seizure episode is classified to ICD-9-CM code 780.39, Other convulsions. This code also includes convulsive disorder not otherwise specified (NOS), fit NOS, and recurrent convulsions NOS.
What are 3 common seizure types?
Tonic, Clonic and Tonic-Clonic (Formerly called Grand Mal) Seizures.
What are the types of seizures?
Seizures are classified into two groups. Generalized seizures affect both sides of the brain. Absence seizures, sometimes called petit mal seizures, can cause rapid blinking or a few seconds of staring into space.
What is a generalized seizure?
Generalized Onset: Generalized seizures affect both sides of the brain or large networks of cells on both sides from the beginning of the event. The networks can be on the surface of the brain or involve deeper areas. Generalized seizures don’t need to involve the entire brain, just part of both sides.
What are the treatment options for seizures?
Seizures of all kinds are most commonly treated with medication, and, if they are difficult to control, with diet therapy, nerve stimulation or surgery. It is important for the doctor to get an accurate seizure diagnosis in order to implement the most appropriate kind of treatment.
What are the differences between simple focal and secondary generalized seizures?
1 Simple focal seizures affect a small part of the brain. These seizures can cause twitching or a change in sensation,… 2 Complex focal seizures can make a person with epilepsy confused or dazed. 3 Secondary generalized seizures begin in one part of the brain, but then spread to both sides of the brain.