Organic psychoses can involve shaking convulsions {epilepsy}| {seizure, epilepsy} {convulsion} [Elger, 2000] [Fried, 1997] [Oxbury et al., 2000] [Penfield and Jasper, 1954] [Salloway et al., 1997].
cause
Strong electrical signals can cause altered consciousness, altered perception, and poor opposite-body-side muscle control.
types
Whole brain can become electrically abnormal {primary generalized seizure}. Cerebral-cortex regions can become electrically abnormal in focal seizure.
start
Seizures can begin with abdominal sensations, altered thoughts, or altered perceptions, which people can remember afterwards.
symptoms
Epileptic states {epileptic automatism} can involve large brain regions, unconsciousness, chewing, lip smacking, organized but purposeless arm or hand movements, laughing, being scared, and using isolated words. States can last for several minutes, mostly in temporal lobe. Normal function, deep sleep, or disoriented state follows. People have no memory of automatisms.
incidence
6% of people have at least one epileptic seizure.
factors: age
Seizures are more likely in early childhood, adolescence, and old age. Petit-mal seizures happen mostly in childhood and adolescence.
factors: genetics
Epilepsy is hereditary, especially temporal-lobe epilepsy.
drugs
Gamma-aminobutyric acid treats epilepsy.
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