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| Types of simple partial seizures |
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With signs related to movement of the muscles (motor signs) |
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There may be movement at a certain site (jerking of limb), but it can spread to other parts |
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Other possible signs: change in posture, trouble speaking, or making sounds against your will |
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With symptoms involving the senses |
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Can include tingling feelings or numbness, which can spread to various parts of the body |
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Can include special senses of vision, hearing, and hallucinations (flashing lights, buzzing noises, bad smells, metallic tastes) |
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With signs or symptoms against your will |
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Can include vomiting, loss of color in face, sweating, or trouble going to the bathroom |
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With psychic symptoms |
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Caused by effects in higher brain function |
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Can include problems with language and memory, feelings of strangeness, visual illusions, and sound distortions |
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| Complex partial seizures |
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| Like a partial seizure, this starts in one part of the brain, and can spread to affect areas that involve consciousness. Complex partial seizures start in one part of one hemisphere of the brain. When a person has an altered state of consciousness at the onset of an event, they may experience a change in awareness, confusion, or they might start tugging at their clothes. These automatisms can be complicated. Plus, these seizures may also produce psychic symptoms, like those described for simple partial seizures. |
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