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Absence (petit mal) seizures
Absence (petit mal) seizures
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
Medications
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A 42-year old asked:
What are absence and petit mal seizures?
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A 29-year old female asked:
Is absence seizures a syndrome?
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A 36-year old female asked:
Can absence seizures cause add?
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A 29-year old female asked:
Where does absence seizures start?
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A 29-year old female asked:
I cannot cope with absence seizures?
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A 29-year old female asked:
Where's the absence seizures coming from?
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A 29-year old female asked:
Is absence seizures near the language area?
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A 29-year old female asked:
does absence seizures causes speech problems
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A 48-year old asked:
What's the best choice in treating absence seizures?
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A 22-year old female asked:
What are clinical manifestations in absence seizures?
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A 35-year old asked:
What is the drug of choice in treating absence seizures?
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A 50-year old asked:
Could use expert help with why i still have absence seizures?
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A 31-year old asked:
How do you take care of someone who suffers from absence seizures?
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A 43-year old asked:
Can you have a perfectly normal child that then has absence seizures?
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A 33-year old asked:
What's absence seizure?
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A 33-year old asked:
What could an absence seizure feel like?
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A 29-year old female asked:
Is absence seizures near the cortex?
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A 41-year old asked:
Can absence seizures be mistaken for add?
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A 49-year old asked:
How do I know if i had an absence seizure?
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A 22-year old female asked:
What is an absence seizure with a clinical change?
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A 29-year old female asked:
What part of the cortex is the absence seizures are?
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A 36-year old male asked:
Through which mechanism carbamazpen may exacerbate absence seizures?
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A 18-year old female asked:
Is it possible for someone to be conscious during an absence seizure?
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A 30-year old female asked:
Hi,I would like to know does absence seizures cause mental retardation.
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A 42-year old male asked about a female:
My daughter is 9 and gets absence seizures during the day 5-10 times..she just looks upward mostly for 15-20 sec then she's back to normal, pls advis?
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A 68-year old female asked:
My son now 36, was diagnosed with complex partial seizures as a child. However reading in here the difference between those and absence seizures I wonder can a person have both?
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A 45-year old asked:
Please help! I have epilepsy (absence seizures) ?
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A 38-year old female asked:
Hi,Do I have lesions on my brain causes absence seizures?
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A 30-year old female asked:
Hi,I have petit mal.does atypical absences seizures causes learning difficulties.
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A 37-year old asked:
What is an atypical absence seizure?
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