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    Seizures transpire because of a malfunction in your brain that causes a person to convulse, collapse or have an ephemeral perturbance of mundane brain function that can cause you to have a vicissitude or loss in consciousness. Most seizures can cause a decrease in the blood flow to the brain. Symptoms can include loss of consciousness, unusual sensations, and uncontrollable muscle spasms. Seizures can also come from having a head injury, drug overdose, brain tumor, infection, low blood sugar…

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    Seizure Informative Speech

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    how severe some may be. Seizures for instance, can be not that bad or they can be horrible. First I will better help you understand types of seizures and the causes or symptoms, next what parts of the brain it effects and what the brain is doing during a seizure, and finally the after effects of having a seizure and treatments that are available. A seizure is a change in the brains…

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    Encephalitis has many other side effects that range from minor headaches all the way to seizures. Unfortunately for Chris, he acquired the worst reaction and came out of the sickness with severe…

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    Epilepsy Research Paper

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    becomes disrupted, causing seizures or periods of unusual behavior, sensations and sometimes loss of consciousness (Mayo Clinic, p.1). People with epilepsy seizure symptoms can vary. Some people simply stare blankly for a few seconds while a seizure occurs, while others repeatedly twitch their arms or legs. About 1 in 26 people in the United States will develop a seizure disorder. Nearly 10 percent of individuals may have a single unprovoked seizure. However, a single seizure doesn’t mean you…

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    justified sins and bad behaviour. The turns became grand mal seizures featuring a loss of consciousness and violent muscle contractions. Football in country…

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    The disease of Epilepsy has existed for thousands of years but only in the past hundred years or so has it begun to be understood. The recordings of seizures have been recovered as far back as the first days of history and can even be found in the bible. According to these records tend to be highly superstitious and religious though a few of the more scientifically minded have provided more empirical observations. All of them have attempted to explain and cure this strange phenomenon through a…

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    Chapter 6 Difference between Epilepsy and Seizures: • Epilepsy is a word used to explain a group of syndromes combined with the disruption of electrical activity in the brain, which can disturb consciousness, movement, or actions during a seizure • A seizure is a sudden state of temporary loss of control of body functions • Epilepsy is recurrent and provoked by changes in the brain itself • If the cause is reversible and not reoccurring then it would be a seizure Difference between extrinsic…

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    the brain wiring, an imbalance of nerve signaling chemicals called neurotransmitters. Epilepsy is frequently lead by brain tumors, alcoholism, and Alzheimer's Disease because they alter the normal workings of the brain. There are a couple kinds of seizures having to do with…

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    Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES), also known as pseusoseizures, are episodes of movement, sensation, or behaviors that are similar to epileptic seizures but are not associated with physiological central nervous system dysfunction, but rather they are somatic manifestations of psychologic distress. Therefore, psychogenic seizures are not caused by abnormal brain electrical activity. Diagnosis may be difficult due to the broad diversity of PNES presentations, lack of one single unifying…

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    Epilepsy Definition

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    a person's consciousness, movement or actions may be alters for a short time, also called a seizure (NICHCY, 2010). A seizure occurs when an abnormal amount of electrical discharge happen in a group of neurons in the brain (Wilner, 2008). Every now and then nerve cells in the brain send out excessive electrical pulses – a sort of electrical storm in the brain. These disturbances cause the seizures in people that have epilepsy (Wyllie, 2010). Prevalence Epilepsy affects people in all nations…

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