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SEIZURE SEMIOLOGY TWEETORIAL
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🧵1/ What is a somatosensory aura?
A somatosensory aura is an abnormal subjective somatic sensation, involving one or more body parts, typically described as 'tingling' or 'numbness'.
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🧵1/ What is a somatosensory aura?
A somatosensory aura is an abnormal subjective somatic sensation, involving one or more body parts, typically described as 'tingling' or 'numbness'.
2/ There are three main types of somatosensory auras: Paresthetic auras, Painful auras, Thermal auras
Paresthetic auras are probably the most common type reported by patients.
Paresthetic auras are probably the most common type reported by patients.
3/ Paresthetic auras are reported by patients as tingling, numbness or both. These often occur in discrete body parts such as fingers, hand, face etc. and are mostly lateralized. Just like focal clonic seizures, these auras can show a "Jacksonian march".
SEIZURE SEMIOLOGY TWEETORIAL
#Epilepsy #Neurotwitter #Seizure #Semiology
🧵1/ What is a visual aura?
Visual auras consist of brief, stereotypical, visual hallucinations of static, flashing or moving lights in different shapes and colors, complex hallucinations and illusions.
#Epilepsy #Neurotwitter #Seizure #Semiology
🧵1/ What is a visual aura?
Visual auras consist of brief, stereotypical, visual hallucinations of static, flashing or moving lights in different shapes and colors, complex hallucinations and illusions.
2/ Visual auras can be classified into many types- simple visual hallucinations, complex visual hallucinations, visual illusions and ictal amaurosis. #Seizure #Semiology #Neurotwitter
3/ Simple visual hallucinations are typically described as flashing lights of different shapes-circles, stars, halo, lines, spots etc. These may or may not be colored. They may or may not move. These always lateralize to the contralateral hemisphere. #Neurotwitter
