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Status epilepticus is seizure activity that lasts longer than five minutes or when seizures occur one right after the other in a short amount of time. True or false?.

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I have epilepsy so I'm very aware of what it is lol. If you need a more in-depth explanation, here it is.

A seizure that lasts longer than 5 minutes, or having more than 1 seizure within a 5 minutes period, without returning to a normal level of consciousness between episodes is called status epilepticus. This is a medical emergency that may lead to permanent brain damage or death.

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