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Epilepsy: Atonic Generalized Seizure
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What this page is about
Epilepsy: Atonic Generalized Seizure is listed in the Everyone Healthy condition library. This simple overview is generated from the existing EH database links because the original full article for this condition is not yet available.
Common linked signs and symptoms
The EH database links this condition with signs or symptoms such as Muscle Tone Loss (Whole Body) and Seizures.
Tests doctors may consider
Tests or investigations linked in the EH database include Blood Uric Acid Concentration Test, Cerebrospinal Fluid Lactic Acid Concentration (L-Lactate), Creatine Kinase Concentration, and Lactate Dehydrogenase Concentration.
Treatment depends on the person
The EH database links this condition with medicines such as Lamotrigine, Nitrazepam, and Sodium Valproate, and supportive options such as Wear a Helmet and Acetyl L Carnitine. Treatment choices should always be discussed with a qualified health professional, because the best approach depends on the cause, severity, age, other conditions, medicines, and test results.
This overview does not replace the original article and does not diagnose, treat, or recommend medication. It is a simple guide built from the existing Everyone Healthy database links.
Linked signs and symptoms
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Linked drugs / medications
3Medication information is educational only. A doctor or pharmacist should advise whether any medicine is appropriate.
Treatments, therapies and supportive options
3Grouped by treatment type. These are educational database links, not personal treatment recommendations. Evidence labels are shown only where stored in the EH database.
Amino acids
1Linked diagnostic tests and investigations
4These are pulled from both EH diagnostic-test link tables, including the older large test-link table.
Biological and test markers
4This visual map uses existing EH database links to show biological agents and lab markers reported as increased, decreased, or associated with this condition. These are educational relationships only; test results must be interpreted by a qualified clinician because ranges vary by lab, method, age, sex and clinical context.
Often increased
4- Creatine Kinase1 (CK-BB) IsoenzymeReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 0–1 %Linked diagnostic tests1Creatine Kinase Concentration
- Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH)Reference range exampleInfant (0 - 1y): 120–250 units/L; Adult ( > 16y): 100–200 units/LLinked diagnostic tests1Lactate Dehydrogenase Concentration
- Lactic Acid (Cerebrospinal Fluid, L-Lactate)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 9–21 mg/dL; Birth - 2wks: 10–65 mg/dLLinked diagnostic tests1Cerebrospinal Fluid Lactic Acid Concentration (L-Lactate)
- Uric Acid, BloodReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y), Female: 2.5–7 mg/dL; Adult ( > 16y), Male: 4–8 mg/dLLinked diagnostic tests1Blood Uric Acid Concentration Test
Often decreased
0No markers in this group.
Other associated markers
0No markers in this group.
Introduction / full article
Epilepsy: Atonic Generalized Seizure
The main information article for this record is not yet available in the database.