A nurse is teaching the parent of a child who has a new diagnosis of absence seizures. Which statement by the parent indicates understanding of the teaching?

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A nurse is teaching the parent of a child who has a new diagnosis of absence seizures.  Which statement by the parent indicates understanding of the teaching?

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Absence seizures occur in children age 4-12 and usually disappear at puberty. Clinical manifestations include a brief loss of consciousness and an appearance of inattention or daydreaming (the absence attack) without loss of postural body tone. However, slight loss of tone may lead to dropping objects held in hands. Most absence seizures last less than 10 seconds and often go unrecognized. Following an attack, behavior and awareness return immediately to normal. The child does not experience a postictal period but usually has no recollection that a seizure has occurred. A child may have multiple absence seizures each day. Treatment includes the use of anticonvulsant medication(s). (Options A, B, and D) Altered sensory perceptions (eg, awareness of odors [aura]), postictal confusion, and incontinence are clinical manifestations of complex partial or tonic-clonic seizures. Educational objective: Absence seizures are characterized by a brief loss of consciousness and an appearance of inattention or daydreaming without loss of postural tone. Most absence seizures last less than 10 seconds. The seizures occur in children age 4-12, and multiple seizures may occur daily.

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