Peter Attia· MD
it's thought that high levels of oxygen creates oxidative stress and that perturbs the brain in a way that causes these grand mal tonic clonic seizures
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it's thought that high levels of oxygen creates oxidative stress and that perturbs the brain in a way that causes these grand mal tonic clonic seizures
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what's happening is that the high levels of oxygen are creating oxidative stress and actually impeding various metabolic processes in the brain and the brain is becoming hyper excitable and the neurons are firing so many action potentials that the cells sent essentially can't maintain their membrane potential and you get excited toxicity that causes mass firing in the neurons and a seizure