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What are the signs of a convulsion?

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Convulsions are involuntary contractions of voluntary muscles that are more than momentary, and the patient cannot surpress. The ten symptoms of convulsions are:

Body twitching
Body spasms
Jerking limbs
Head spasms
Facial spasms
Fits
Bowel incontinence
Urinary incontinence
Loss of consciousness
Sleeping after convulsions (post-dictal torpor).

(From WrongDiagnoses.com -- see links).

Convulsions do not typically manifest all of these symptoms in one episode. Note also that convuslions are not themselves the disease, but are diagnostic of an underlying problem.

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