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Seizures (uncontrollable jerking of limbs)
A seizure is a symptom in which a person has a convulsion or epileptic attack, usually involving jerking movements of the head, limbs, and rest of the body. It represents abnormal brain function, and can be caused by fever (mainly in young children), by brain infections or tumors, by drug abuse or overdoses, by chemical imbalances, sleep deprivation, etc.
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A 50-year old asked:
Can you tell me about suffering from involuntary jerking of limbs/seizure like symptoms from anxiety?
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A 36-year old asked:
Can you tell me what to expect with someone who has suffered from involuntary jerking of limbs/seizure like symptoms from anxiety?
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A 38-year old female asked:
Hello. The other night I think I may have had a hypoglycemic seizure. I couldn't control my limbs. Should I havesoughtmedattention?
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A 25-year old asked:
Idk how I know but sometimes, when I am sleeping I feel my body or limbs shake like I am having seizure. I can't stop it or wake up. What is happening?
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A 30-year old female asked about a female:
1mo baby moves erratically side by side while asleep, bending and extending limbs, eyes moving, and kinda whimpering. Could this be seizures? Scared
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A female asked:
After waking to go to my baby I blacked out, fell down, and limbs began to shake uncontrollably. Low blood pressure or seizure? Has happened before.
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A member asked:
I have an avm over my primary and secondary motor cortex focal seizures to right upper extremities didn't show on EEG . Why not?
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A 41-year old female asked:
Eeg normal. Had facial and limb twitching during eeg. History of convulsion after head injury. No history of epilepsy so far. Any ideas of cause?
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A 43-year old asked:
I still have little jerks after a seizure, should I be concerned?
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A 47-year old asked:
Could a person have a "seizure" that doesn't cause convulsions, jerking or staring?
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A 59-year old male asked:
Chill like full body jerks after head injury and staring spells are they seizures. They all started after head injury
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A 21-year old female asked:
I have epilepsy and am taking lamictal, but anytime im woken during the night I jerk and have seizures.I need help bc I have an infant?
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A 19-year old male asked:
I heard that jerk before sleep is normal and not seizure. But i have jerk before falling asleep and my eeg is abnormal. How could it be?
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A 22-year old male asked:
What kind of condition is this? I keep having either motor tics or seizures. My whole body stiffens and jerks. My chest feels heavy and I let out a groaning noise which I can't seem to control. During this time I bite my cheek uncontrollably?
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A 37-year old asked:
What do you advise if i still have little jerks after a seizure?
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A 25-year old male asked about a 31-year old female:
A lady at work has been experiencing dizziness, fainting, uncontrollable shaking, and has had a mild seizure. Any ideas on what is causing this?
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A 41-year old asked:
If someone jerks head a couple of times and has eyes roll back then unconscious is it seizure or fainting?
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A 40-year old female asked about a female:
Can be going on about her day normal then she goes into a stare for a couple seconds..her mouth jerks a little and her eyes do also..is this seizures??
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A 34-year old female asked:
Fetal position leg jerks could i be having a seizure or would it be rls?
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A 33-year old asked:
How much jerking do you have to do before you call it a tonic-clonic seizure?
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A 50-year old female asked:
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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A 24-year old female asked about a female:
My daughter is having many episodes of myoclonic jerking when awake but EEGs and MRIs are normal. Could it still be seizures?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Think i might have simple partial seizures have anxiety attack a lot and sometimes i jerk when i'm sleeping its not a lot but it is enough wake me up?
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A 43-year old female asked about a female:
How to tell if myoclonic jerks are a seizure my child has these all through the night some nights but how to tell what's normal from myoclonic epileps?
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A female asked:
Are myclonic jerks actually seizures?
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A 22-year old female asked:
Can you do anything to help calm myo colonic Jerk seizures.
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A 24-year old female asked:
July 5th CT scan for headaches.It was normal. 5 days later jerks when trying to sleep.Now think I'm having brief seizures at night.No history of seizu?
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A 33-year old male asked:
I have jerks every now and again but have not had a seizure in years. I had a scan, it shows I still have it. How can I control jerks without meds?
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A 21-year old female asked:
Should I worry about hypnic jerks? They still happen to me occasionally, & the first time it happened, I thought it was a seizure. Is it fine?
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A male asked:
My wife says when I'm sleeping she noticed seizure like activity, she says my head shake and bottle and at times my arms jerk?
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