A mother reports that her child has episodes in which he appears to be staring into space. This behavior is characteristic of which type of seizure?
a. Absence
b. Atonic
c. Tonic-clonic
d. Simple partial
A
Absence seizures are very brief episodes of altered awareness. The child has a blank expression. Atonic seizures cause an abrupt loss of postural tone, loss of consciousness, confusion, lethargy, and sleep. Tonic-clonic seizures involve sustained generalized muscle contractions followed by alternating contraction and relaxation of major muscle groups. There is no change in level of consciousness with simple partial seizures. Simple partial seizures consist of motor, autonomic, or sensory symptoms.
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