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Ohio State
Health & Discovery
Health Talks

What does a seizure look like?]

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Danielle Becker, MD:
Not all seizures look the same. Many people think seizures are just what you see in the movies. 

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Danielle Becker, MD
Division Director of Epilepsy
Ohio State Wexner Medical Center]

Dr. Becker:
Some seizures that people might not realize are seizures are frequent deja vu, a rising in their chest, a bad smell or metallic taste in their mouth. 

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Dr. Becker:
So not all seizures are what we see in the media and many people can have things that are seizures and not even be aware of it. While some people can experience things that they may not have thought were seizures, these are episodes that are happening very frequently. So many people, it's normal to have deja vu. They can have four or five deja vus in a year. 

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When we talk about deja vu as a seizure, it's something that's happening multiple times a week or multiple times a month. When something is a seizure, it is recurrent, often, stereotyped, the same thing every single time.

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The Ohio State University
Wexner Medical Center

For more information, visit
wexnermedical.osu.edu/epilepsy]