convulsion (redirected from puerperal convulsion)

convulsion /con·vul·sion/ (kon-vul´shun)

1. an involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the voluntary muscles.

2. seizure (2).convul´sive

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central convulsion  one not excited by any external cause, but due to a lesion of the central nervous system.

clonic convulsion  one marked by alternating contraction and relaxation of the muscles.

essential convulsion  central c.

febrile convulsions  those associated with high fever, occurring in infants and children.

mimetic convulsion , mimic convulsion facial spasm, as in jacksonian epilepsy.

puerperal convulsion  involuntary spasms in women just before, during, or just after childbirth.

salaam convulsions  infantile spasms.

tetanic convulsion  tonic spasm with loss of consciousness.

uremic convulsion  convulsion due to uremia, or retention in the blood of material that should have been eliminated by the kidneys.

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con·vul·sion (kn-vlshn)

n.

An intense, paroxysmal, involuntary muscular contraction or a series of such contractions. Also called seizure.

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convulsion.

See seizure.

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convulsion (knvul´shn),

n an intense seizure.

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convulsion

a series of involuntary contractions of the voluntary muscles. Convulsive seizures are symptomatic of some neurological disorder; they are not in themselves a disease entity. In animals, they are most often caused by infectious agents and toxins. Convulsions are also produced by any of a number of metabolic disorders, such as hypoglycemia, hypocalcemia and hormonal imbalances; brain cell injury from head trauma, tumors and degenerative neural disease; anoxia and hemorrhage which deprive brain cells of vital substances; and acute cerebral edema which interferes with normal brain cell function. Epilepsy is also a cause of convulsions in dogs and cattle. Called also fit, ictus. See also seizure.

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inherited convulsion and ataxia of cattle

see familial convulsions and ataxia of cattle.

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convulsion

Neurology Violent involuntary contraction(s) of skeletal muscle. See Salaam convulsion.

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Patient discussion about puerperal convulsion.

Q. my friend has convulsions what can i do to make it stop and improve his life quality?

A. what type of convulsions? my best friend is epileptic, but as long as he get's his meds and sleep well- nothing ever happens. i know that as a child all my friend ever wanted was to go to school like everyone else... and to go to school trips without being afraid.