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These attacks can often come with little warning and quicklydisrupt driving, expert says. MONDAY, June 11 (HealthDay News) -- A seizure may be to blame forU.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson's two hit-and-run crashes thatoccurred Saturday in California's San Gabriel Valley, according toa Commerce Department spokeswoman. "Secretary Bryson was involved in a traffic accident in Los Angelesover the weekend. He suffered a seizure," Jennifer Friedman said ina statement, the Los Angeles Times reported. "He was taken to the hospital for examination and remainedovernight for observation. He was released and has returned toWashington. The investigation is ongoing. Secretary Bryson has nopublic events scheduled for today," Friedman said. Bryson, 68, was driving his own vehicle on personal time and didnot have a security team with him when the crashes occurred,sources told the Times . Experts said the type of accident Bryson had is plausible when aperson suffers a seizure. The cause of the attack has not yet been made clear. "A largemajority of seizures are of unknown cause. There are many otherpossible causes of seizures including prior head trauma, bloodabnormalities, brain tumors, and strokes," Dr. Ralph Sacco, chiefof neurology at Jackson Memorial Hospital and the Miller School ofMedicine at the University of Miami, told HealthDay . "Seizures can be treated and controlled with seizure medications,but the first step is to figure out the type and possible cause ofthe seizure." While the cause of Bryson's attack remains uncertain, Dr. KeithBlack, chairman of the department of neurosurgery at Cedars-SinaiMedical Center in Los Angeles, added that "a patient who has suchseizures will most probably have an MRI scan and an EEG to detectif there is ongoing seizure activity. Having a first seizure makesit much more likely to have another," he explained. "In addition, if someone has a seizure and loses consciousness, ithas to be reported to the DMV [Department of Motor Vehicles] andusually the patient's driver's license is suspended for six monthsand until a doctor says it's alright to drive again," Black noted. Following the collisions, Bryson was cited for felony hit-and-runbut was not booked in jail because he was taken to a localhospital. He was cooperative with detectives, and drugs and alcoholdo not appear to have been a factor, according to authorities. "The investigation is in its preliminary stages," Los AngelesCounty Sheriff's Department and San Gabriel Police Departmentofficials said in a statement, the Times reported. After the two hit-and-runs late Saturday afternoon, police foundBryson alone and unconscious behind the wheel of his car. Often, seizures give people very few warning signs. "When someonehas a seizure he or she may have no sign of it," Black said. "Theremay be strange smells, there may be tingling in the arms or legs,or nausea. But, most of the time the person is unaware of what ishappening and becomes confused." Bryson became head of the Commerce Department in October 2011. More information The U.S. Department of Transportation has more on driving when you have had seizures . SOURCES: Ralph Sacco, MD, chief of neurology, Jackson MemorialHospital and the Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami;Keith Black, M.D., chairman and professor, department ofneurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles; June 11,2012, Los Angeles Times Copyright © 2012 HealthDay . All rights reserved. We are high quality suppliers, our products such as China Arabic Alphabet Chart , Muslim Azan Clock Manufacturer for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Arabic Alphabet Chart.
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