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convulsion
convulsion, sudden, violent, involuntary contraction of the muscles of the body, often accompanied by loss of consciousness. It is not known what causes the abnormal impulses from the brain that result in convulsive seizures, since the disturbance may arise in normal brain tissue as well as in diseased or injured tissue. Convulsions may occur in such conditions as epilepsy, poisoning, high fever (especially in young children), disturbances of calcium or phosphorus metabolism, alkalosis, diabetes, oxygen insufficiency, and a low blood-sugar content, as well as in local irritation or injury of the brain. Persons undergoing convulsions should be guarded against self-injury (see epilepsy). Otherwise, treatment must be directed to the underlying cause.
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Jan 27, 2009; convulsion • noun   1. she had convulsions synonyms : fit, seizure, paroxysm, spasm, attack; Medicine ictus.  ...
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Coming convulsion.(NATION)(INSIDE THE BELTWAY)
May 01, 2002; Byline: John McCaslin, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Coming convulsion Inside the Beltway has intercepted a telegram from the American...
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Preventing recurrences of febrile convulsions in children.
Dec 01, 1993; Seeing one's child go into a convulsion from a high fever is devastating to any parent. Nonetheless, such seizures are common in...
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Horse Racing: Munro suffered 'a convulsion' on flight and will see specialist.(Sports)
Aug 23, 2006; Byline: By Graham Green ALAN MUNRO is due to see specialists today after suffering what he yesterday described as a convulsion...
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Md. Girl, 16, Dies After Apparent Convulsion in Pool
Jul 23, 1995; A 16-year-old Mount Airy girl died yesterday afternoon after she apparently had a convulsion in the swimming pool of a Germantown...
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