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Altered Mental Status

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Form of sugar that provides the body's basic source of energy   Glucose  
Condition brought about by decreased insulin production; also called "sugar diabetes" or simply "diabetes"   Diabetes Mellitus  
Hormone produced by the pancreas or taken as a medication by many diabetes that aids in utilizing glucose   Insulin  
Uncontrolled muscular movements   Convulsions  
Low Blood Sugar   Hypoglycemia  
Prolonged seizure or when a person suffers 2 or more convulsions seizure with out regaining full conciousness   Status Epilepticus  
Medical condition that sometimes causes seizures   Seizure  
High Blood Sugar   Hyperglycemia  
Sudden change in sensation, behavior,or movement that can, in its moset sever form, produce convulsions   Epilepsy  
Blockage or bursting of a major blood vessel supplying the brain; also called a cerebrovascular accident (CVA)   Stroke  


   


 

 

 

 

 

 
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