1 Identify and Discuss 4 Health risk factors that may contri

1) Identify and Discuss 4 Health risk factors that may contribute to seizures

2) Discuss prevention (Minimal of one paragraph)

Solution

The four health risk factors are

1. Fever induced seizures

2. Poorly developed brain areas may induce seizures and convulsions

3. Bleeding inside the brain due to abnormal blood vessels and damage

4. cerebrovascular stroke and brain tumors

5. Infectious diseases such as meningitis, or encephalitis

Prevention by giving proper therapy and nutrition- Phenytoin (Dilantin): It is the drug specifically used to treat tonic-clonic seizures, partial seizures by blocking voltage gated sodium channels on neuronal membranes. The pharmacokinetic level of this phenytoin possesses narrow therapeutic index that means phenytoin safe and toxic plasma concentration of therapeutic drug level (10-20 mcg/mL) is close to each other. Therefore, next day, the phenytoin level is 14 mcg/mL.