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My husband had a seizure in the er & nurse called it a sudo(?)seizure, said it was not a epileptic seizure.what does this mean? couldn't find in topics
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Pseudoseizure: Pseudoseizures are not seizures. Patient have stereotypic movements that are most likely psychiatric in nature. They usually occur in patients who have seizures or who have close family members with seizures.
Answered 1/13/2014
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