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Do convulsions have to be accompanied by loss of consciousness in order to be considered "convulsions"?

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Dr. Felix Brizuela answered

Specializes in Neurology

No: you can have convulsions and not lose consciousness if the seizure phenomenon causing the convulsions doesn't spread to an area of the brain altering consciousness. Are you being treated?

Answered 7/29/2016

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