What does SPS stand for?

PRIMARY GENERALIZED SEIZURES * Absence seizures * Myoclonic seizures * Atonic seizures * Clonic seizures * Tonic seizures * Tonic-clonic seizures PARTIAL SEIZURES (SEIZURES ORIGINATING IN SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BRAIN) * Simple partial seizures (consciousness not impaired) * With motor symptoms (jerking, stiffening) * With somatosensory (touch) or specialized sensory (smell, hearing, taste, sight) symptoms * With autonomic symptoms (heart rate change, internal sensations * With psychic symptoms (deja vu, dreamy state) * Complex partial seizures (consciousness impaired, automatisms usually present) * Partial seizures secondarily generalized to tonic-clonic seizures Training School Personnel An integral part of any seizure emergency plan is the training and education of school personnel.

Symptoms of Epilepsy Simple partial seizures are further subdivided into four categories according to the nature of their symptoms: motor, autonomic, sensory or psychological.

We also know that simple partial seizures, in which there is not a loss of consciousness, tend to have more focal and/or sensory symptoms [such as] tremor or a sense of numbness," said Dr.

During simple partial seizures the person is alert, able to respond to questions or commands, and can remember what occurred during the seizure.

The seizures associated with TLE consist of simple partial seizures without loss of awareness (with or without aura) and complex partial seizures (ie, with loss of awareness).

Before implantation, Heather had been having many simple partial seizures every day, and three to four complex partial seizures each month.

Researchers also determined that 32 percent of patients on adjunctive therapy with tiagabine had a 50 percent or greater improvement in the rate of simple partial seizures.

While unconscious, the patient may have "vacant" or "frightened" look and may have signs and symptoms of a simple partial seizure.