Week 7 Quiz: Please contact Your Favorite Professor for help with NURS 6501: Week 7 Quiz Question 10 / NURS-6501N Advanced Pathophysiology or any other assignment. Email: professorrobertphd@gmail.com Question 10 Which one of the following symptoms is typically associated with generalized tonic-clonic seizures?

• Awareness/consciousness is maintained
• Automatisms, like lip-smacking
• Postictal confusion
• Tingling sensations in the extremities

  Correct answer: Postictal confusion   Explanation: Generalized tonic-clonic seizures (also known as grand mal seizures) involve:

• Loss of consciousness at onset
• A tonic phase (sustained muscle contraction)
• Followed by a clonic phase (rhythmic jerking)

After the seizure ends, patients typically enter a postictal state, which may include:

• Confusion
• Fatigue
• Headache
• Sometimes amnesia for the event

  Why the other options are incorrect:

• Awareness/consciousness is maintained ❌ → This is not true for generalized tonic-clonic seizures. Consciousness is lost.
• Automatisms, like lip-smacking ❌ → Seen in focal seizures with impaired awareness (formerly complex partial seizures), not tonic-clonic.
• Tingling sensations in the extremities ❌ → These are sensory auras, often seen in focal seizures, particularly from the parietal lobe.

  Remember: The hallmark of generalized tonic-clonic seizures is a loss of consciousness and postictal confusion.