Seizures type (204/1700)

A 17 yo girl had an episode of seizure. Contraction of muscles started from around the
interphalangeal joints, which spread to the muscles of wrist and elbow. Choose possible type of
seizure?
a. Grand mal
b. Tonic clonic
c. Myoclonic
d. Absent





























answer: C
  • Myoclonic : seizures occurring in muscle groups
  • Tonic: rigidity
  • Clonic: waves of spasm
  • Tonic-clonic = Grand mal ... Prodroma, Tonic muscle rigidity, Clonic waves of spasm, Flaccidity and amnesia 
  • Absent = Petit mal .... in kids, uresposnisve, rolling eyes, few minites

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