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Chicagopsych
at Sun Apr 24 16:51:42 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Chicagopsych ]
Gray,
I am not a medical doctor or vet, but my training and education does cover CNS dysfunction. The great majority of seizures in people are idiopathic, which means the cause is unknown. Symptomatic (the cause is known) seizures can be the result of numerous abnormalities including metabolic disorders, CNS infections, structural brain anomalies brain tumors or sever brain trauma. The difficulty with determining the cause of death in symptomatic seizures is separating the damage caused by the seizure itself from the effects of the underlying cause of the seizure. In humans, prolonged seizure activity (greater than 20 minutes) is called status eplilepticus and can cause brain damage that results in cognitive impairment or even death. In a snake I would imagine that the time required for brain damage to occur is much less. I am terribly sorry to hear about your loss.
Alton
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