Epilepsy

Many people associate epilepsy and seizures with violent movements with muscle contractions, but there are actually many types of seizures that one can have. As stated by the Mayo Clinic (2015), “Epilepsy is a chronic disorder of the central nervous system in which nerve activity in the brain becomes disrupted, causing seizures or periods of unusual behaviour, sensations, and sometimes loss of consciousness” (Para. 16). Epileptic seizures are generally caused by abnormalities in the brain that…

Epilepsy is one of the common chronic neurologic disorders characterized by recurrent seizure which is a brief period of uncontrolled involuntary shaking. It may be partial, involving only one part of the body, or generalized, involving the entire body, and they may be accompanied by loss of consciousness and loss of control of bowel or bladder function. In some case it is unclassified. Patient with epilepsy may continue to experience any of the above types of seizure while getting AEDs…

Epilepsy is the most prevalent neurological disorder in humans. About 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy (Lima et al., 2009), and nearly two out of every three new cases are discovered in developing countries. More than two million people in the United States have experienced an unprovoked seizure or been diagnosed with epilepsy. Epilepsy is characterized by recurrent seizures (Blume et al., 2001). Seizures are defined as sudden changes in the electrical functioning of the brain,…

Epilepsy Disease is a brain disorder. Clusters of nerve cells in the brain signal abnormally. The normal pattern of neuronal activity is disturbed. It causes strange sensations, emotions, and behavior. Sometimes it causes convulsions, muscle spasms, and loss of consciousness. Epilepsy is not contagious or caused by a mental illness or mental retardation. It cannot be cured, but can eventually go away on its own in some people. It may develop because of an abnormality in the brain wiring, an…

Mind: A Man, His Epilepsy, and His Downfall In William Shakespeare’s Othello, it is jealousy that conquers all, while love is cast down an unfathomable abyss. Over the course of few days, once honourable Othello is broken down by trickster Iago with his wiles and Othello’s mind is overrun with anger and envy. But how could a principled man such as Othello decide to kill his beloved wife in such a short amount of time? If it is assumed that Othello is afflicted by Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (TLE),…

One big obstacle I had to over come was, when I discovered I had Frontal Lobe Epilepsy. I had my first seizure in my Junior year, October 18, 2013 on my best friends birthday, in the middle of my fathers AP United States History class. At the time we thought it was a one time thing and it was not going to happen again. That was until my Birthday party in July the following summer. We returned to the Neurologist to get another EEG and MRI. That is when we discovered that they were due to scar…

emergency medical technicians arrived at the front door, the little boy started breathing again. I was the small child who turned blue. I had just experienced my first grand mal seizure, and this incident was the beginning of my journey living with epilepsy. I could have died on that cold winter night, but instead, I survived. My life was forever changed after the first grand mal seizure. In a split second, my life was transformed from a typical carefree person to one who had a disability. Since…

and help people fund towards the cause. There are many things that are not caused diseases that have awareness months’ such as teen nonviolence dating. I believe that Epilepsy should have its own awareness month because how many people really know what it is, how it affects people, the way it is treated or how much it costs. Epilepsy is when something in your brain is triggered and when that happens a person falls to the ground and has what is called an epileptic seizure. Some people know when…

Grand Mals Do you or someone you know have Epilepsy? Epilepsy is a kind of certain type of seizure. There are hundreds types of seizure but Grand Mals are one of the most uncontrollable types of seizure. A few things that I am going to asking you to think about are symptoms, Causes, risk factors, the damaging it can do to your brain, and complications. Thinking about these things will open your mind to what Grand Mals really are. First, lets start with the symptoms you will have before…

In the United States alone, one in twenty-six people will be diagnosed with epilepsy in their lifetime. This means that around 150,000 people find out each year they are afflicted with this disorder. Epilepsy is a neurological disorder caused by malfunctioning nerve cells within the brain and nervous system. Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is a variation of this disorder, appearing mainly in children ages 12 to 18. This disorder is caused when the ion channels in the nerves cells that regulate…