Epileptic fit

There are as many incidents of poisoning by OPPs as there are by OCPs [12, 40, 46, A8]. All OPPs are polytropic poisons. Changes are observed in the brain nerve cells of victims of acute OPP poisoning. Acute poisoning accompanied by diffuse damage to the central nervous system causes attacks similar to epileptic fits when symptoms of clinical poisoning have already... 

The brief duration of a single epileptic fit makes acute drug treatment unfeasible. Instead, antiepileptics are used to prevent seizures and therefore need to be given chronically. Only in the case of status epilepticus (a succession of several tonic-clonic seizures) is acute anticonvulsant therapy indicated — usually with benzodiazepines given i.v. or, if needed, rectally. 

The main drugs in this section are the barbiturates which can be considered as dry drink , and the withdrawal effects are very similar to the withdrawal from alcohol. Full-blown delirium tremens and epileptic fits can be observed and will need, usually, in-patient management and close supervision and sedation. 

The thujones are found in true wormwood, Artemisia ahsinthum, a species of mug wort native to Europe and Asia. This plant was once a source for absinthe, a greenish, bitter-tasting alcoholic beverage that has since been banned because of the toxicity of the thujones. The compounds have a peppcrmint-like odor and act as nerve poisons that can be the cause of epileptic fits. Nevertheless, they still find some application in homeopathic medicine... 

SEIZURES (EPILEPTIC FITS) Bursts of abnormal electrical activity in the brain causing episodic symptoms, including coma or reduced level of awareness, flailing movements of arms and legs, and loss of control of bowels and bladder. Prolonged, untreated seizures may cause brain damage or even death. 

There seems no reason, therefore, to eschew the description of lithium therapy as the treatment of manic patients by lithium poisoning, in the words of an early critic (Wikler 1957). Anticonvulsants do not share the toxicity profile of lithium, but by virtue of their use to prevent epileptic fits, they all exert depressant effects on the activity of the central nervous system. With this profile of drug-induced effects in mind, let us examine the research on whether lithium or other drugs currently used in manic depression act in a disease-centred way and consider whether they have any real benefits. 

A similar plant is water hemlock, which contains a different toxin, called cicutoxin. This is very potent and exposure to it is often fatal. One study of poisonings with this plant found that 30 per cent of victims died. It affects primarily the brain and the spinal cord, causing seizures and epileptic fits, possibly by overstimulating certain nerves (cholinergic pathways). 

Nothing more serious than nausea and indigestion have been reported after 25 g of naproxen (30), whereas 35 g caused an epileptic fit (31). Metabolic acidosis, loss of consciousness, seizures, and apnea have been reported after the ingestion of more than 10 g (32). 

Cramps after a few minutes epileptic fits loss of consciousness a sharp drop... 

Hiptage benghaiensis Kurz. Malpighiaceae Mau, Ksh, Rod, lnd, Nep, Bng plant epileptic fits decoction 116... 

Sapmdus emargmatus L. Roxb. Sapindaceae Pak, Ind seed capsule epileptic fits errhine 67... 

It was then discovered that, in certain cases, patients who experienced epileptic fits also experienced less severe symptoms of mental illness. By causing a person to have a controlled fit (first by dosing the patients with camphor then, in 1938, by the use of electricity), doctors found they could lessen the effects of depression. Nowadays, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is still used as a treatment for severe depression. 

Catenated trains or tribes of adlion are eafier diffevered than catenated circles of adlion. Hence in epileptic fits the fynchronous conne led tribes of a Iion, which keep the body ere f, are diffevered, but the circle of vital motions continues imdiflurbed. 

In epileptic fits the patients frequently become blackin the face, from the temporary paralyfis of the venous fyflem of this part. I have known two iiiftances where the blacknefs has Continued... 

In addition to the measnrement of emissions, screen flicker has also been fonnd to be a factor that canses real distress in some users I find it so myself. Approximately one in ten of the popnlation is believed to be photosensitive, that is, sensitive to flickering lights (Wilkins, 1990). These can canse headaches, visual strain, migraines, and in a small proportion of cases, trigger epileptic fits. Between five and twenty out of every 100,000 (Bentham, 1991, p. 93). The combination of fluorescent lighting and compnter screens can be particnlarly nnpleasant. I have known a number of students to complain of great discomfort when working with certain... 

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