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    Brief Summary Of Epilepsy

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    Summary of Epilepsy Epilepsy is a disorder of the brain which leads to episodes of seizures due to malfunctioning of some brain nerve cells. It is not infectious thus cannot be passed to people near an epileptic person. The main characteristic is the involuntary movement of the whole body or some body parts. The affected person experiences episodes of unconsciousness accompanied by the uncontrollable opening of bowel or bladder muscles. This condition can be mild to severe especially and is very…

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    Epilepsy: A Case Study

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    I have any amazing daughter, named Madison, who has the unfortunate diagnosis of epilepsy. She is a beautiful, courageous, compassionate, caring little girl. I truly believe that she was placed on this earth to touch people's hearts. Since she could talk, she would approach strangers and compliment them. Her ability to affect people is a beautiful thing to bare witness to. I tell her that she has a very rare and special gift of making people feel good, a concept lost to her age and innocence.…

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    a narcoleptic episode behind the wheel, you might find that insurance is higher - or you are completely uninsurable. Epilepsy…

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    letter abbreviations for my chosen DNA was MRFRFGVVVPPAVA which it’s protein name is Laforin Isform. The protein Laforin Isform is connected to the disease Lafora disease (LD). This is a autosomal resessive, progressive myclonus epilepsy. This Progressive myclonus epilepsy has different amount of diseases which end up causing muscle contractions and seizures. This disease manifest during adolescence with tonic-clonic seizures, myclones,absence, visual hallucinations and drop attacks which…

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    Kaci is diagnosed with a specific type of epilepsy called Rasmussen’s and it causes the left side of her brain to work difunctionally. Her parents should have allowed the surgery because her life was not productive. She wasn’t happy with how she was living. She could barely go out and do anything. Kaci was having 100 seizures a day and because of all the seizures it left her body unavailing. It also made it hard for her to speak to those around her. The type of seizures she was having held…

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    Having Epilepsy What would you do if you have a seizure in class? Well that's what many kids go through because they have epilepsy. Imagine what that would be like that for you're whole life. It would suck, but so many kids develop epilepsy each year and don't even know it until they have a seizure. Epilepsy is a very common disease that many kids develop each year. Epilepsy is a disease in the nervous system that causes people to have seizures any time or the day and even at night. The…

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    Kaci Epilepsy Summary

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    K Kaci has Epilepsy which means 100 seizures a day. So, she is almost paralyzed. Kaci’s parents should have allowed her to have the surgery because she wouldn’t have seizures anymore. We know that she’d have up to 100 seizures a day. Also, she reached things in the air that weren’t there. However, Kaci had no choice to have half a brain, which stopped the seizures. Furthermore, Kaci wants to be an independent woman as Kaci states that she loves to drive and hang out with her friends. In…

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    Abstract Objectives: The anticonvulsant effect of cannabinoid compound illustrated in various models of seizure and epilepsy. On the other hand, there are controversial findings about the role of large conductance calcium-activated potassium (BK) channels in the pathogenesis of epilepsy. Also, there is no data regarding the effect of co-administration of cannabinoid type 1 (CB1) receptor agonists and BK channels antagonists in the acute models of seizure in mice. In this study, the effects of…

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    Epilepsy is a disorder with numerous possible causes. Epilepsy is classified according to cause in three types: 1. Cryptogenic epilepsy 2. Symptomatic epilepsy 3. Idiopathic epilepsy Cryptogenic epilepsy is describe as those epilepsy whose causes are not found. Symptomatic epilepsy is when they are associated to identifiable disease or brain abnormalities and last type is idiopathic epilepsy. Idiopathic epilepsy is diagnosed when a genetic cause for the seizure is suspected (Semah et al., 2002).…

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    How to Be Used in Handle Epilepsy Patient? Epilepsy is not easy to handle. You have to learn much technique about handling epilepsy and the frequency of it to come or recall. Therefore, you have to learn the tips and trick in handling epilepsy. In this case, epilepsy, awareness training will be very helpful for you. Helping people is the important thing to do as a human. To save people in their moving and handling aids a vital skill for anyone, especially for those, who work in the case…

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