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Absence Seizure – Signs and Symptoms

Signs and Symptoms of Absence Seizure - Staring blankly is the most common symptom. During a seizure, child could flutter or blink eyelids very quickly. Symptom of a seizure starts and ends without any indication and is so brief that it is hardly noticeable.

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<p><strong>Signs and Symptoms of Absence Seizure<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>New York &lpar;USA&rpar;&comma; June 16&comma; 2013<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Absence Seizure&colon; Signs and Symptoms<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Signs and symptoms include&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Staring Blankly<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;This is the most common symptom&period; Children or adults with absence seizure go completely blank for few seconds&period; It seems as if you are staring into vacant space&period; When it occurs&comma; you do not listen&comma; speak&comma; or understand anything&period; It may not cause a fall&semi; you just freeze for few seconds&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Fluttering of Eyelids<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;During a seizure&comma; child could flutter or blink eyelids very quickly&period; Sometimes it could be sudden jerking or twitching of leg or arm without any reason&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Memory Absence<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;Your child goes blank for few seconds and stops abruptly in the midst of whatever the child was doing&period; Further&comma; this episode of going blank is not recorded in the brain and child instantaneously resumes activity as if nothing has happened&period; There is no sense of any confusion&period; Schoolchildren experiencing absence seizures are often blamed for frequent daydreaming by their teachers as this symptom causes them to go blank&period; Seizures often interrupt conversations with family or friends&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Uncharacteristic Symptoms<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;Few uncharacteristic symptoms include sudden and unusual movements like chewing motions&comma; lip smacking&comma; absence of motion without falling&comma; and small hand or arm movements&period; Symptom starts and ends without any indication and is so brief that it is hardly noticeable&period; Everything happens within a split second&period; Symptoms may occur only occasionally or sometimes for more than a hundred times in a day&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;theteamwork&period;com&sol;health&sol;2016-150030-absence-seizure-definition-diagnosis&period;html"><strong><span style&equals;"text-decoration&colon; 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Written By:
Dr. Marilyn Thompson