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- From: silber@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Jeffrey Silber)
- Subject: Re: Info Re: ETOH
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.163520.13805@tc.cornell.edu>
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- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 16:35:20 GMT
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- I'm not sure what the relationship is between affluence, intoxication, and
- seizure disorders. Nonetheless, I'll try to answer your question:
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- I've been told by at least one physician that alcohol may reduce one's
- seizure threshold. So a person who has a seizure disorder who drinks
- may be more likely to have a seizure.
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- There are many different seizure meds, some of which will intensify the
- effect of alcohol.
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- A person who is consuming alcohol (particularly to extreme) may be less
- than careful about taking their meds on time, again increasing the likelihood
- of a seizure.
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- One who is going through alcohol withdrawl, regardless of any preexisting
- seizure disorder, may have a seizure as part of the withdrawl symptoms.
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- Treatment for ETOH intoxication in someone who might have a seizure? BLS:
- protect the airway (put the patient on their side if necessary), O2.
- Seizure treatment is pretty much the same for BLS (again, protect the patient).
- For ALS, follow your local protocol ... in our case the unconscious patient
- would receive D50, Narcan, Thiamine. The seizure patient would receive
- an IV, and might receive valium if in status.
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- Jeffrey A. Silber/silber@tc.cornell.edu
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