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Generalized seizures - ✔✔Absent, myoclonic, tonic-clonic, atonic
absence seizure - ✔✔seizure involving a brief loss of consciousness without
motor involvement; previously termed petit mal (little bad) seizure
atonic seizure - ✔✔Sudden decrease in muscle tone -> loss of postural control -
> patient may fall ("drop attack")
myoclonic seizure - ✔✔quick, repetitive jerks
tonic-clonic (grand mal) - ✔✔seizure characterized by unconsciousness with
excessive motor activity and the body alternating between excessive muscle tone
with rigidity (tonic) and involuntary muscular contractions (clonic) in the
extremities
tonic phase - ✔✔body becomes rigid, stiffening for no more than 30 seconds -
breathing may stop, patient may bite tongue, and bowel and bladder control
could be lost
clonic phase - ✔✔state of alternating contraction and relaxation of muscles, it
last about a 1-3 minutes
, postictal phase - ✔✔the period of time immediately following a tonic-clonic
seizure in which the patient goes from full loss of consciousness to full mental
state
type 1 diabetes - ✔✔Diabetes of a form that usually develops during childhood
or adolescence and is characterized by a severe deficiency of insulin, leading to
high blood glucose levels.(they need insulin)
type 2 diabetes - ✔✔Diabetes of a form that develops especially in adults and
most often obese individuals and that is characterized by high blood glucose
resulting from impaired insulin utilization coupled with the body's inability to
compensate with increased insulin production.
gestational diabetes - ✔✔a form of diabetes mellitus that occurs during some
pregnancies
esophageal varices - ✔✔swollen, twisted veins in the esophagus that are
especially susceptible to ulceration and hemorrhage
Hepatitis - ✔✔inflammation of the liver
appendicitis - ✔✔inflammation of the appendix
Adult BP - ✔✔120/80
meconium - ✔✔the first bowel movement of the newborn
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