Temporal Lobe Seizure
Alternate Names : Seizure - Temporal Lobe, TLE
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Temporal Lobe Seizure Symptoms & Signs
Aura (preliminary, warning symptoms):
- Abnormal sensations
- Epigastric sensations ("a funny feeling in my gut," "stomach rising," etc.)Hallucinations or illusions (vision, smells, tastes, or other sensory illusions)
- Sensation of deja vu or recalled emotion/memory
- Sudden, intense emotion not related to anything occurring at the time
- Consciousness maintained during the seizure or spell (partial)
- Consciousness reduced or lost during the seizure or spell (partial complex)
Motor/movement disturbances:
- Rhythmic muscle contraction/relaxation (clonic activity) -- rare
- Affecting one side of the body
- Affecting one arm, leg, part of face, or other isolated area
Other focal motor (movement) symptoms:
- Abnormal mouth behaviors
- Lip smacking
- Chewing or swallowing without cause
- Profuse salivation "slobbering"
- Abnormal head movements
- Forced turning of the head
- Forced turning of the eyes
- Usually in the direction opposite of the location of the lesion
- Abnormal movements
- Repetitive movements, such as picking at clothing (automatism)
Focal sensory (sensation) symptoms:
Autonomic symptoms:
Other symptoms:
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