What constitutes a siezure?

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I have a question about siezures, can someone help me?

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Specializes in critical care, ER,ICU, CVSURG, CCU.

What is your question.

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Specializes in ICU/community health/school nursing.

We'll need a little more specific information, and remember, per the terms of the service agreement here, we cannot give medical advice.

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Specializes in critical care, ER,ICU, CVSURG, CCU.

We can give you theory, pathophysiology etc....

But not medical advice per TOS

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I have a question about siezures, can someone help me?

Note that it is "seizure," not siezure.

What happens in the brain during a seizure?

The electrical activity is caused by complex chemical changes that occur in nerve cells.

Brain cells either excite or inhibit (stop) other brain cells from sending messages. Usually there is a balance of cells that excite and those that can stop these messages. However, when a seizure occurs, there may be too much or too little activity, causing an imbalance between exciting and stopping activity. The chemical changes can lead to surges of electrical activity that cause seizures.

Seizures are not a disease in themselves. Instead, they are a symptom of many different disorders that can affect the brain. Some seizures can hardly be noticed, while others are totally disabling.

What is a Seizure? | Epilepsy Foundation

As already noted in other posts, if you are worried that you or a loved one has been having seizures, you should be seeing a doctor, not asking anonymous persons on an internet message forum.

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