Symptoms and Signs of a Grand Mal/Tonic Clonic Seizure

Grand Mal Seizures Indicators

Below you see a very easy bullet point list of grand mal seizures symptoms and signs.

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• Sudden Cry
• Falling Down
• Rigidity-stiffness
• Thrashing, jerking
• No control of bowel or bladder
• Shallow breathing, lips may be bluish
• Short periods of suspended breathing
• White or pink froth from mouth
• Gurgling, grunting noises
• Temporary loss of consciousness
• Usually Lasts no longer than X minutes

Grand Mal Seizures DANGEROUS SIGNS: CALL 911

In the following cases of grand mal seizures it is very important to take action and call for help.

• Seizure lasts longer than 5 minutes
• Another seizure starts immediately after the
• first seizure
• Bluish color to lips AFTER seizure ends
• Loss of consciousness
• Stops breathing

Expected Behavior After Grand Mal Seizures

Here you see the after effects of grand mal seizures. You can expect to feel like this after having it:

• Tiredness
• Weakness
• Sleeping, difficult to arouse
• May be somewhat confused
• Regular breathing
• Can last a few minutes or hours

I hope this short article on grand mal seizures was very useful to you. Also see the interesting article called Electrical Signals Imbalance Leads To The Formation Of Grand Mal Seizures.

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