This document provides an overview of seizures and seizure-mimicking disorders. It defines a seizure as abnormal neuronal activity in the brain causing involuntary movements, sensations or behaviors. Epilepsy is defined as recurrent seizures due to an underlying chronic condition. Common causes of seizures in neonates include birth asphyxia, infections, and inborn errors of metabolism. Beyond the neonatal period, common causes include febrile seizures, infections, tumors, and metabolic disorders. Several conditions can mimic seizures including arrhythmias, psychogenic events, dystonia, and breath holding spells. The document provides details on distinguishing features and characteristics of different seizure and non-seizure conditions.
Insomnia is a sleep disorder that is characterized by difficulty falling and/or staying asleep.
symptoms :
• People with insomnia have one or more of the following symptoms:
• Difficulty falling asleep.
• Waking up often during the night and having trouble going back to sleep.
• Waking up too early in the morning.
• Feeling tired upon waking.
More than 10 million people suffer from epilepsy in India.Seizures impact the lives of people with epilepsy and their family in many ways including creating barriers to employment and education and facing a sense of discrimination and isolation from their peers who donʼt understand what happens when they see a seizure occur. In India, epilepsy is still thought of as mental illness mainly due to lack of information on the condition among the general public.
This presentation touches every aspect of epilepsy
1. Overview of Epilepsy;
2. Type of Seizures;
3. Diagnosis and Management;
4. Psychological Issues; and
5. Social Perspectives.
This presentation is about Bell’s palsy which is a facial paralysis of acute onset presumed to be due to non-suppurative inflammation of unknown etiology of the facial nerve within its canal above the stylomastoid foramen.
DEFINITION :
It is defined as abnormal ,paroxysmal, excessive, involuntary neurological discharge from the brain which may be manifested as –
Loss of Conciousness,
Abnormal- Motor
- Sensory ,
- Behavioral disturbance
- and Autonomic dysfunction.
Insomnia is a sleep disorder that is characterized by difficulty falling and/or staying asleep.
symptoms :
• People with insomnia have one or more of the following symptoms:
• Difficulty falling asleep.
• Waking up often during the night and having trouble going back to sleep.
• Waking up too early in the morning.
• Feeling tired upon waking.
More than 10 million people suffer from epilepsy in India.Seizures impact the lives of people with epilepsy and their family in many ways including creating barriers to employment and education and facing a sense of discrimination and isolation from their peers who donʼt understand what happens when they see a seizure occur. In India, epilepsy is still thought of as mental illness mainly due to lack of information on the condition among the general public.
This presentation touches every aspect of epilepsy
1. Overview of Epilepsy;
2. Type of Seizures;
3. Diagnosis and Management;
4. Psychological Issues; and
5. Social Perspectives.
This presentation is about Bell’s palsy which is a facial paralysis of acute onset presumed to be due to non-suppurative inflammation of unknown etiology of the facial nerve within its canal above the stylomastoid foramen.
DEFINITION :
It is defined as abnormal ,paroxysmal, excessive, involuntary neurological discharge from the brain which may be manifested as –
Loss of Conciousness,
Abnormal- Motor
- Sensory ,
- Behavioral disturbance
- and Autonomic dysfunction.
Epilepsy is a common neurological disorders in which there will be an abnormal electrical activities in the brain causing a brief disruption in the communication system of the brain cells.
Epilepsy has a very common symptoms of seizures. A seizure is a sudden rise in electrical activity of the brain. It can involve a part of the brain or the entire brain.
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These simplified slides by Dr. Sidra Arshad present an overview of the non-respiratory functions of the respiratory tract.
Learning objectives:
1. Enlist the non-respiratory functions of the respiratory tract
2. Briefly explain how these functions are carried out
3. Discuss the significance of dead space
4. Differentiate between minute ventilation and alveolar ventilation
5. Describe the cough and sneeze reflexes
Study Resources:
1. Chapter 39, Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, 14th edition
2. Chapter 34, Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology, 26th edition
3. Chapter 17, Human Physiology by Lauralee Sherwood, 9th edition
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Hematology/oncology fellows, attending faculty, and other health care professionals involved in the treatment of patients with mantle cell lymphoma (MCL).
Learning Objectives
1.) Identify clinical and biological prognostic factors that can guide treatment decision making for older adults with MCL
2.) Evaluate emerging data on targeted therapeutic approaches for treatment-naive and relapsed/refractory MCL and their applicability to older adults
3.) Assess mechanisms of resistance to targeted therapies for MCL and their implications for treatment selection
Title: Sense of Smell
Presenter: Dr. Faiza, Assistant Professor of Physiology
Qualifications:
MBBS (Best Graduate, AIMC Lahore)
FCPS Physiology
ICMT, CHPE, DHPE (STMU)
MPH (GC University, Faisalabad)
MBA (Virtual University of Pakistan)
Learning Objectives:
Describe the primary categories of smells and the concept of odor blindness.
Explain the structure and location of the olfactory membrane and mucosa, including the types and roles of cells involved in olfaction.
Describe the pathway and mechanisms of olfactory signal transmission from the olfactory receptors to the brain.
Illustrate the biochemical cascade triggered by odorant binding to olfactory receptors, including the role of G-proteins and second messengers in generating an action potential.
Identify different types of olfactory disorders such as anosmia, hyposmia, hyperosmia, and dysosmia, including their potential causes.
Key Topics:
Olfactory Genes:
3% of the human genome accounts for olfactory genes.
400 genes for odorant receptors.
Olfactory Membrane:
Located in the superior part of the nasal cavity.
Medially: Folds downward along the superior septum.
Laterally: Folds over the superior turbinate and upper surface of the middle turbinate.
Total surface area: 5-10 square centimeters.
Olfactory Mucosa:
Olfactory Cells: Bipolar nerve cells derived from the CNS (100 million), with 4-25 olfactory cilia per cell.
Sustentacular Cells: Produce mucus and maintain ionic and molecular environment.
Basal Cells: Replace worn-out olfactory cells with an average lifespan of 1-2 months.
Bowman’s Gland: Secretes mucus.
Stimulation of Olfactory Cells:
Odorant dissolves in mucus and attaches to receptors on olfactory cilia.
Involves a cascade effect through G-proteins and second messengers, leading to depolarization and action potential generation in the olfactory nerve.
Quality of a Good Odorant:
Small (3-20 Carbon atoms), volatile, water-soluble, and lipid-soluble.
Facilitated by odorant-binding proteins in mucus.
Membrane Potential and Action Potential:
Resting membrane potential: -55mV.
Action potential frequency in the olfactory nerve increases with odorant strength.
Adaptation Towards the Sense of Smell:
Rapid adaptation within the first second, with further slow adaptation.
Psychological adaptation greater than receptor adaptation, involving feedback inhibition from the central nervous system.
Primary Sensations of Smell:
Camphoraceous, Musky, Floral, Pepperminty, Ethereal, Pungent, Putrid.
Odor Detection Threshold:
Examples: Hydrogen sulfide (0.0005 ppm), Methyl-mercaptan (0.002 ppm).
Some toxic substances are odorless at lethal concentrations.
Characteristics of Smell:
Odor blindness for single substances due to lack of appropriate receptor protein.
Behavioral and emotional influences of smell.
Transmission of Olfactory Signals:
From olfactory cells to glomeruli in the olfactory bulb, involving lateral inhibition.
Primitive, less old, and new olfactory systems with different path
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Learning objectives:
1. Define an electrocardiogram (ECG) and electrocardiography
2. Describe how dipoles generated by the heart produce the waveforms of the ECG
3. Describe the components of a normal electrocardiogram of a typical bipolar leads (limb II)
4. Differentiate between intervals and segments
5. Enlist some common indications for obtaining an ECG
Study Resources:
1. Chapter 11, Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, 14th edition
2. Chapter 9, Human Physiology - From Cells to Systems, Lauralee Sherwood, 9th edition
3. Chapter 29, Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology, 26th edition
4. Electrocardiogram, StatPearls - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK549803/
5. ECG in Medical Practice by ABM Abdullah, 4th edition
6. ECG Basics, http://www.nataliescasebook.com/tag/e-c-g-basics
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2. SEIZURE AND EPILEPSY
SEIZURE : paroxysmal event due to
abnormal excessive or synchronous
neuronal activity in the brain resulting
in abnormal involuntary , paroxysmal ,
motor , sensory , autonomic or
sensorial activity
EPILEPSY : recurrent seizures due to
chronic , underlying disease process .
Clinical phenomenon rather than a
single disease entity , many forms
3. 5% children – convulsions during first
5 years of life
Tonic clonic movements are most
common except in newborn period
4. NEONATAL SEIZURES
Twitching of limbs , fluttering of eyelids
, sucking movements , conjugate
deviation of the eyes
Should be distinguished from
jetteriness , tremors , stratle response
to stimuli , sudden jerks on awakening
, tremulousness of hungry child
5. CAUSES
EARLY NEONATAL PERIOD ( O-7 )
days
birth asphyxia
difficult obstructed labour
intaventricular , intracerebral hmg
pyridoxine dependency
hypoglycemia , hypocalcemia
inborn errors of metabolism
maternal withdrawal of medicines
9. Space occupying lesions : neoplasm
brain abscess
tuberculoma
cysticercosis
Vascular : AV malformations
intracranial thrombosis ,hmg
Drugs and Poisons : CO , phenytoin,
salicylates ,
strychnine
10. SEIZURE MIMICKING
DISORDERS
Arrhythmias and syncope
Decerebrate posturing
Psychogenic events
Dystonia
Migraine with recurrent abdominal
pain and cyclical vomiting
Benign paroxysmal vertigo
Apnoea
Night terrors and sleep walking
11. Arrhythmias
Insufficient contractions of cardiac
muscle contraction
low cardiac output
impaired cerebral perfusion
motor activity or hypoxic
convulsions
ECG : Long QT and torsades
12. SEIZURE SYNCOPE
IMM Precipitating factors none Cardiac etiology
Premonitory symptoms aura Nausea ,
diaphoresis ,
tunneling of
vision
Duration of tonic clonic 30-60 sec never > 15 sec
Facial appearance during
event
Cyanosis ,
frothing at mouth
pallor
Disorientation and sleepiness
after event
many min to hrs < 5 min
Duration of unconscious min sec
Biting of tongue present not seen
13. BREATH HOLDING SPELLS
Reflexive events intiated by provocative
events that causes anger , frustration
and pain causing the child to cry
Crying stops at full expiration
Child becomes apneic and cyanotic or
pale
May lose consciousness , hypotonic ,
and fall
If lasts for > few sec –tonic clonic
seizures
Spells revert on their own with resuming
14. Dystonia
Sustained involuntary muscle
contractions associated with twisting
and abnormal posture
PRIMARY : Hereditary – DYT1-DYT16
mean age 14 yrs DYT1
begins inth foot and legs and
progresses to other parts
disabling postural deformities