Seizure trigger

life-threatening condition. Also known as DKA, this condition comes about when you don’t have enough insulin in your system, or insulin levels are severely imbalanced. Poorly managing your diabetes can trigger hyperglycemic related conditions such as heart arrhythmias, intestinal necrosis and seizures. If you’ve been hospitalized in the past after suffering debilitating DKA symptoms, SSA wants to see the medical reports that show exactly what type of acute symptoms you suffered. Chronic…

In the video NOVA Memory Hackers, explains the idea of memory, and how in scientists are just learning what can happen to memories. Scientists learned that there are different kinds of memories such as long term, and short term. What scientists are learning how is altering memories, implanting new memories, and erasing memories, as well. Jim Maga, pioneer in science of memory and discovered H Sam. H Sam is autobiographical memory highly superior. Jake Hassler has H Sam, and is the youngest…

Medical marijuana can relieve pain, nausea, and vomiting that can be caused by multiple sclerosis, cancer, and AIDS. For example, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) can help relieve pain, nausea, and reduce inflammation. Cannabidiol (CBD) can treat seizures, as well as reducing anxiety and paranoia. Recently, scientists reported that THC and CBD can slow the growth or cause the death of certain types of cancer cells. Since marijuana can relieve many symptoms and opens the world with new…

Determining the most effective treatment for a patient suffering from depression is crucial. Beidal, Bulik, & Stanley, 2014 state that a combination of therapies and antidepressants is the most common today and typically effect for most people (p.224). Therapies like cognitive-behavioral and interpersonal therapy are the most common forms of therapy used when treating depression. Cognitive-behavioral therapy focuses on identifying and changing patterns of thought (Beidel, Bulik, & Stanley, 2014,…

Ralph, but I can’t let them choose him over me, not again. He doesn’t deserve to be leader, he isn’t strong and rich, he isn’t a choir boy. He will follow eventually, no matter what I have to put him through. Simon has been scaring me too, with his seizure and how quiet he is, it makes me feel like everyone on this island is plotting against me. I need to be mean. Mean to the point where i’m mysterious and the others can’t see past my mask of anger. I always feel like I’m being watched because…

Seizures are not a common response to vaccinations in children, if they were to have a febrile seizure after receiving a vaccination, it would most likely be from a high fever. Three in every one-hundred children will experience a seizure due to high fever by the age of five, regardless if they got the shot or not. Instances such as a febrile seizure after getting children vaccinated has been proven to have no correlation to…

that practice consanguinity. The onset of the disease occurs within the first two decades of life, with an average life span of 10 years following diagnosis (Monaghan & Delanty, 2010). Lafora disease is characterized by myoclonic and tonic-clonic seizures and neurological dysfunction, such as dementia (Monaghan & Delanty, 2010). The hallmark of Lafora disease is the accumulation of inclusions, called Lafora bodies, in the cytoplasm of neuronal somas, the heart, liver, muscles, and other tissues…

All of a sudden, Cahalan began to have a seizure. Grywalski recalled the event and told Cahalan what happened. She describes it as, “My arms suddenly whipped straight out in front of me, like a mummy, as my eyes rolled back and my body stiffened” (Cahalan 26). She uses this simile in order to better describe the severity of the event and it allows the readers to understand how scary it was. This was the first major seizure Cahalan had and it really proved how fast the disease was…

deep vein thrombosis (Daily Mail). Violent Video games can give you seizures. Photosensitive epilepsy is more common in children and adolescents, television screens or computer monitors due to the flicker or rolling images. Certain video games such as violent video games contain rapid flashes or alternating patterns of different colors.Intense strobe lights like visual fire alarms trigger people to have seizures. These seizures can seriously harm your brain in that areas that control breathing…

Anaphylaxis in Pets So you are wondering, what is anaphylaxis? Anaphylaxis is a rapid and severe allergic reaction due to exposure to allergens (substances that trigger allergies) that are hypersensitive to the body. Some of the common symptoms of this life threatening reaction include shortness of breath, abnormal swelling and vomiting, low blood pressure, swelling of throat and tongue, and itchy rashes. This does not only affect humans but also pets, more so in dogs. Trustingly, your query…