A seizure is a clinical manifestation of presumed or proven abnormal electrical activity in the brain.A first seizure can be provoked or unprovoked.Epilepsy is defined as more than one seizure.Symptoms during a seizure are very important to diagnose.It will be harmful to the mother and the fetus when the pregnant woman suffers a seizure during pregnancy or cesarean delivery.We experienced cases of patients who developed intraoperative unconsciousness accompanying generalized tonic-clonic seizures after spinal anesthesia for a cesarean section.A thorough pre-anesthetic assessment can reveal risk factors for seizures that can assist in making an accurate differential diagnosis of the cause of a peripartum seizure.
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