the.com/convulsion
The body's version of hitting ctrl-alt-delete without asking permission first.
means A violent, involuntary spasm or series of muscle contractions — or, more broadly, any sudden chaotic upheaval that seizes something and shakes it beyond control.
from From Latin convulsio, from convellere — 'to pull violently, wrench, tear up' — built from com- (intensifying 'together') plus vellere, 'to pluck or pull.' So the word's root image isn't shaking but yanking, as if unseen hands were tearing the body (or a society, or a market) apart at the seams. It entered English in the 1600s for the medical sense, and soon spread to describe any upheaval — political, social, geological — violent and sudden enough to feel like the world being wrenched off its hinges.
- origin
- latin convellere, meaning to tear violently together
- not always epilepsy
- fever, low blood sugar, withdrawal can all trigger one
- duration
- most stop on their own within 2 minutes
- bystander rule
- never restrain or put anything in the mouth