Seizures: Check Your Symptoms
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Check Your Symptoms
If you answer yes to any of the following questions, click on the "Yes" in front of the question for information about how soon to see a health professional.
Review health risks that may increase the seriousness of your symptoms.
| Note: | If your child is younger than 6 years, has a fever, and has had a seizure, go to the topic Fever Seizures. |
- Yes
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Was this your first seizure?
- Yes
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Do you think your seizure was caused by a medicine?
- Yes
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Do you think that your seizure was caused by withdrawal from alcohol or a medicine, including an illegal drug?
- Yes
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Do you have epilepsy?
- Yes
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Do you think you may have had a seizure without loss of consciousness?
- Yes
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Do you have epilepsy and you are pregnant or thinking about becoming pregnant?
If a visit to a health professional is not needed immediately, see the Home Treatment section for self-care information.
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| Last updated: | October 14, 2005 |
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| Author: | Sydney Youngerman-Cole, RN, BSN, RNC |
| Reviewed By: | William M. Green, MD - Emergency Medicine, H. Michael O'Connor, MD - Emergency Medicine |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Lisa Shaw |
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