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My son has seizures once a month usually in the morning his body jerks eyes roll what type of seizure is that he's on meds ?

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Generalized: The seizure type is either generalized (Grand Mal) or partial seizure with secondary generalization. The diffreentiation is made on the basis of EEG pattern.

Answered 4/4/2015

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