Convulsion

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Convulsion

Nude woman sitting with artificially induced convulsions

Specialty Neurology, Psychiatry

Symptoms Muscle spasms,[1] uncontrollable shaking[1]

Risk factors Epilepsy

A convulsion is a medical condition where the body muscles contract and relax rapidly

and repeatedly, resulting in uncontrolled shaking. [1] Because epileptic seizures typically
include convulsions, the term convulsion is sometimes used as a synonym for seizure.
However, not all epileptic seizures lead to convulsions, and not all convulsions are
caused by epileptic seizures. Convulsions are also consistent with an electric shock and
improper enriched air scuba diving. Non-epileptic convulsions have no relation with
epilepsy, and are caused by non-epileptic seizures.
Convulsion is a common term generally describing uncontrollable muscle contractions.
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 The term convulsion has been used interchangeably with the word "seizure".
[2]
 Seizures may cause a person to have convulsions, but this is not always the case.
[2]
 Convulsion is a type of seizure that involves bursts of electrical activity in the brain.
[2]
 Occasionally the reason for a convulsion is unfamiliar. [2] A convulsion may be caused
by illness, a reaction to a medication, or other medical conditions. [2]
The word fit is sometimes used to mean a convulsion or epileptic seizure. [3]