TERRIFYING CONDITION THAT CAUSES UP TO 40 SEIZURES A DAY
After temporal lobe epilepsy, frontal lobe epilepsy is the next most common type of epilepsy featuring partial seizures.
These seizures may be startling, including screaming, and may occur in clusters.
Frontal lobe seizures usually last less than 30 seconds and often occur during sleep.
Signs and symptoms of frontal lobe seizures may include:
- Head and eye movement to one side Complete or partial unresponsiveness or difficulty speaking
- Explosive screams, including profanities, or laughter
- Abnormal body posturing, such as one arm extending while the other flexes, as if the person is posing like a fencer
- Repetitive movements, such as rocking, bicycle pedaling or pelvic thrusting
Frontal lobe epilepsy may run in families.
Frontal
lobe seizures can be caused by abnormal brain tissue, for example from a
dysplasia (birth defect in the brain), abnormal blood vessel, old
stroke or trauma, rarely tumors, scars from prior infections and several
other causes.
In about half of cases, no cause is determined.
Frontal lobe seizures often can be well controlled with medications for partial seizures.
If seizure medicines are not effective, vagus nerve stimulation or surgery may be help
Sources: Mayo Clinic and Epilepsy Foundation
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