Seizures Types: Generalized tonic-clonic: due to abnormal electrical activity.

Tonic clonic movements of extremities, syncope, breath holding, alternating stiffness/shaking, tongue biting, incontinence, loss of consciousness, postictal recovery phase (a phase after the seizure when there is decreased level of consciousness) Simple partial seizures: brief lasting about 30 seconds or less. No loss of consciousness. Tonic clonic movements of the face, neck and extremities, head turning, eye deviations Complex partial seizures: impaired consciousness for 30 seconds to 5 minutes. Postseizure confusion occurs. Impared consciousness, child may pick at things, blinking and staring, lip smacking, chewing and sucking behaviors, sleep walking, night terrors. Absence seizures: last less than 30 seconds and there is no postseizure confusion. Brief loss of consciousness, no loss or minimal loss of postural tone exhibited by the child dropping an object, eye rolling, eye blinking, ptosis, fluttering of eyelids. Myoclonic seizures: brief and often occur when falling asleep or waking up with no loss of consciousness or postseizure confusion. Quick involuntary symmetric jerking of the body, loss of body tone and falling forward, sudden flexion and bending of the upper chest. Infantile seizures: begin at 2 months and resolve by 2 years. Associated with developmental delays or neuro. Abnormalities. Symmetric contractions of head, neck, and extremities, episodes of abrupt jerking, eye rolling, pallor, cyanosis, altered consciousness. Febrile seizures: related to rapid risk in temp (>102.2*F). between ages of 6 months and 6 years. Peak age is 18 months. Typically occur on first day of illness. Generalized tonic clonic movements of extremities for >15 minutes; 1-2 minute duration. Status epilepticus: continuous seizure for >30 minutes, or series of seizures during which consciousness is not regained. Postictal period occurs after seizure that can range in duration of 30 minutes to 2 hours.