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status epilecticus questionRating: (votes: 0) Not a nurse, but my husband had an idiopathic seizure disorder which eventually killed him.He would have lengthy tonic clonic seizures bi-weekly but only became incontinent once. So, it can and does happen. Folks are all different I guess. Comment:
As the previous poster mentioned, not everyone becomes incontinent after a seizure, but when they do, it's AFTER the seizure, when the muscles relax finally. So, in status, I guess it would make sense that the pt wouldn't void. I never thought about this... I am a dialysis nurse but have a seizure disorder myself... Surely someone with more nursing experience in neurology will chime in.
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After having a lengthy seizure I am surprised the patient was alert enough to ask for a straight cath. Depends on what type of seizure they had and how long, everyone is different. If they had a tonic-clonic seizure for more than 5 minutes they shouldn't have been conscious enough to ask to be straight cathed after the seizure. Just my experience with seizure patients.
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Not all sections of the brain are necessarily affected by a seizure. This is why there is such a wide variety of types of seizures.My daughter has lots of seizures (including tonic-clonic) that have lasted up to 4 minutes, and has never (yet) been incontinent, which is good because she is only a teenager, and finds the whole ordeal humiliating enough as is.
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