Epilepsy Informative Speech

Superior Essays
Rachel Segreti
Comm 210
2/15/18

Title: Seize the Day

I. Introduction

A. Attention-When you just start to fall asleep, have you ever felt like your falling off a building and hit the ground and jumped really big?
B. Tie- As future educators, I believe it’s important that we educate ourselves on not just diseases but also disorders. Health and mental disorders are just as important and should not be overlooked when taking care or looking after children in a workplace.
C. Credentials- I was diagnosed with a mental disorder when I was ten years old. My parents were not educated on how to take care of me or what physician I should see. My teachers at school were not educated on how to take care of me or accommodate me. This disorder was
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Body

(What is Epilepsy)
A. Transitional – To begin, I would like to explain what epilepsy is.
B. Evidence - Epilepsy is a condition in which a person has many seizures, abnormal brain cells that are temporary disturbed of motor, sensory, and mental function. According to CDC, 1.2% of the total US population have active epilepsy. (2015)
C. Analysis - Epilepsy can affect people in very different ways, that is because there are many causes and many different kinds of seizures. Some people may have multiple types of seizures or medical conditions to epilepsy. The factors determine the severity of the persons condition and the impact it has on there life.
D. Summarize - There is no cure for epilepsy but medicines can control seizures for most people.

(Symptoms)
A. Transitional – So now that you know what epilepsy is, I am going to explain some of the symptoms that lead to having a seizure.
B. Evidence - According to mayoclinic.org, doctors generally classify seizures as either focal or generalized, depending on how abnormal brain activity begins.(2017)
C. Analysis - Seizures can affect any process of your brain coordinates, signs and symptoms may include confusion, a staring spell, uncontrollable jerking movements of the arms and legs, loss of consciousness, or anxiety. Symptoms vary on the type of

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