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An absence seizure causes you to blank out orstare into space for a few seconds. They can also be calledpetit mal seizures. Absence seizures are most commonin children and typically don't cause any long-term problems. Achild may have 10, 50, or even 100 absence seizures in agiven day and they may go unnoticed.
Consequently, how do you know if you have an absence seizure?
Absence seizures involve brief, sudden lapses ofconsciousness. They're more common in children than in adults.Someone having an absence seizure may look like he or she isstaring blankly into space for a few seconds. Then, there isa quick return to a normal level of alertness.
Keeping this in view, can Absence seizures occur in adults?
Absence seizures can happen more than 100 timeseach day. Absence seizures usually do not causeserious health problems. Some people also develop another type ofseizure called a tonic-clonic seizure. This is calledan adult new-onset seizure.
These seizures are a type of absenceseizure that is atypical (a-TIP-i-kul). This means it'sdifferent, unusual, or not typical compared to typicalabsence seizures, which were previously called petit malseizures. They are a type of generalized onsetseizure, which means they start in both sides of thebrain.