Types: tonic-clonic (the entire body shakes and stiffens, drooling, eyes rolling), tonic (stiffening of the body or body parts), clonic (shaking of the body or body parts)...
… myoclonic (parts of the body shake via musculature), absence (the child appears to lose attention for a few moments and cannot recall this) are the most common variants, among many other types.
Seizures in children can have multiple different causes, including but not limited to:
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… epilepsy, febrile seizures (those caused by a fever), medications, electrolyte imbalances, abnormal brain structures, brain injury, genetic syndromes, genetic predisposition, and sometimes unknown/unclear causes.
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There are also further subdivisions of seizures:
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Anatomical: generalized seizures (those that occur through the entire brain), focal seizures (those that occur in a certain part of the brain).
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Types: tonic-clonic (the entire body shakes and stiffens, drooling, eyes rolling), tonic (stiffening of the body or body parts), clonic (shaking of the body or body parts)...
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… myoclonic (parts of the body shake via musculature), absence (the child appears to lose attention for a few moments and cannot recall this) are the most common variants, among many other types.
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