Myoclonus

Since Epilepsy is know for seizures, it's main symptom is a seizure itself, and possibly fainting. The effects of this disorder all depends on the person, and how their body reacts to the issue. People may face, depression, no control of the movement in your own body, and being lost/clueless within yourself. If you are diagnosed with Epilepsy, medication is needed for this disorder in order to stay somewhat controlled and maintain the regulations of your body. If you don't treat yourself…

In the case of idiopathic or constitutional epilepsy there is no neurologic abnormality and no specific cause can be identified. Seizures usually begin between five and twenty years of age, but they may start later in life. In the case of symptomatic epilepsy we know the causes. These might vary on a wide range. The most common causes are congenital abnormalities and perinatal injuries, metabolic disorders (withdrawal from alcohol, or drugs, uremia, hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia), trauma, tumors…

In both clinical observation and animal models, infants have experienced seizures a period of hours after an initial asphyxia event, the effect that these seizures have in terms of neural damage however, is not known. Meldrum (1999) seizures as the sudden simultaneous firing of cells in a particular part of the brain. This is shown as high amplitude/high frequency EEG waves; and could cause physical convulsions of the body. The effect to the brain is a lot more wide spread with consequences that…

Awareness is used to tell people about a certain cause, teach how to prevent the cause from happening, 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…

Epilepsy is a chronic disorder with reoccurrence of unprovoked seizures that happens because of the electrical events that occur in the brain. An epileptic seiszure is a central nervous system disorder that affects neuron activity by causing an excessive amount of activity in the brain. This can be attributed to a large amount of action potentials that don’t allow for any relief, which can cause damage to the cell. Antiepileptic drug therapy for epilepsy even though proven to give relief to…

Epilepsy is a disorder that affects the central nervous system. During an epileptic episode, the brain's neural activity becomes disrupted. The disruption causes periods of unusual activity and seizures. A seizure can sometimes cause a loss of consciousness. During a seizure, people can have several different symptoms. Some people twitch their arms and legs uncontrollably, and other people stare blankly until the seizure is over. Prescription Medications Anti-epileptic medication can prevent…

An epileptic seizure is a sudden surge of electrical activity in the brain and is caused by an abnormal and excessive electrical discharge of a group of neurons within the brain. “Epilepsy is the condition of recurrent spontaneous seizures arising from abnormal electrical activity in the brain.” (Stafstorm & Rho 2014) Anyone can experience a seizure under the right conditions while epilepsy suggests an enduring variation of brain function that facilitates seizure reoccurrence. At a basic level…

Epilepsy is defined as being a central nervous system disease (neurological disease), in which the nerve cell activity in your brain is disturbed, causing a seizure. During a seizure one might experience involuntary shaking which may involve part of the body or the entire body, loss of consciousness, and possible loss of bowel or bladder control. Seizures can vary in length from brief lapses of attention or muscle jerks, to severe and prolonged convulsions. Seizures may also vary in how often…

What Is Epilepsy? Epilepsy is a condition of the nervous system that affects 2.5 million Americans. More than 180,000 people are diagnosed with epilepsy every year. It can be scary watching someone have an epileptic seizure. The person may lose consciousness or seem unaware of what's going on, make involuntary motions (movements the person has no control over, such as jerking or thrashing one or more parts of the body), or experience unusual feelings or sensations (such as unexplained fear).…

According to the information that provided, it seems like the patient had experienced a seizure episode. Seizures are episodes of abnormal motor, sensory, autonomic, or physic activity (or a combination of these) that result from sudden excessive discharge from cerebral neurons (Hinkle & Cheever, 2014). The patient could have experienced heat intolerance when playing football in the hot afternoon, and lead him to fell down and lose consciousness. Heat intolerance and head injury are considered…