Epilepsy is a disorder defined by many as having recurrent and unprovoked seizures (apgar pg 296). These seizures can range from very physical and dramatic seizures to light twitches or no movement at all (kirka…). Despite the obvious physical issues of this disease, its problems start in the brain, and the seizures are usually categorized by where they affect the brain. There are generalized onset seizures, which start on both sides of the brain, focal onset seizures, which start in one particular area, and unknown onset seizures, which do not have a known origination point (kirk…). Also, each of these types of seizures has both motor and non motor components. Motor seizures can last from a few milliseconds to a few minutes and can include
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Research was done to see what types of common diseases resulted from having epilepsy, and mostly cognitive problems were found (nordqvist) These cognitive developmental issues were not very significant unless that patient had had frequent epileptic seizures for a long time along with long term anti-epileptic drug use (nordqvist). However this research is often not accepted because of the confounding variables of age and constant drug use (nordqvist). Another section of research deduced that there is an increased risk of schizophrenia and schizophrenia-like psychosis from epilepsy patients and people with a history of epilepsy (epilepsy and schizophrenia 23). The risk of schizophrenia is increased specifically when people often go to the hospital for their epileptic seizures and for people that start having epileptic seizures at later ages. They believe that Schizophrenia and Epilepsy may share common genetic or environmental causes (e and s 23). What is especially interesting about this research is that people with a history of epilepsy and psychosis in themselves or their families seem to have a worse chance of getting schizophrenia than people with only a history of epilepsy (e and s 24). It almost suggests that having a history of epilepsy and psychosis seem to cancel each other out as far as the risk of schizophrenia is
Research was done to see what types of common diseases resulted from having epilepsy, and mostly cognitive problems were found (nordqvist) These cognitive developmental issues were not very significant unless that patient had had frequent epileptic seizures for a long time along with long term anti-epileptic drug use (nordqvist). However this research is often not accepted because of the confounding variables of age and constant drug use (nordqvist). Another section of research deduced that there is an increased risk of schizophrenia and schizophrenia-like psychosis from epilepsy patients and people with a history of epilepsy (epilepsy and schizophrenia 23). The risk of schizophrenia is increased specifically when people often go to the hospital for their epileptic seizures and for people that start having epileptic seizures at later ages. They believe that Schizophrenia and Epilepsy may share common genetic or environmental causes (e and s 23). What is especially interesting about this research is that people with a history of epilepsy and psychosis in themselves or their families seem to have a worse chance of getting schizophrenia than people with only a history of epilepsy (e and s 24). It almost suggests that having a history of epilepsy and psychosis seem to cancel each other out as far as the risk of schizophrenia is