What Does It Mean When Someone Is Seizing?
A Seizure Is a Sudden, Uncontrolled Electrical Disturbance in the Brain. It Can Cause Changes in Your Behavior, Movements or Feelings, and in Levels of...
A seizure is a sudden, uncontrolled electrical disturbance in the brain. It can cause changes in your behavior, movements or feelings, and in levels of consciousness. Having two or more seizures at least 24 hours apart that aren't brought on by an identifiable cause is generally considered to be epilepsy.
What to do if someone is seizing?
- Keep other people out of the way.
- Clear hard or sharp objects away from the person.
- Don't try to hold them down or stop the movements.
- Place them on their side, to help keep their airway clear.
- Look at your watch at the start of the seizure, to time its length.
- Don't put anything in their mouth.
What does it mean when someone seizes?
to take possession of by legal authority; confiscate: to seize smuggled goods. Also seise . Law. to put (someone) in seizin or legal possession of property (usually used in passive constructions): She was seized of vast estates. to capture; take into custody.
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