Epilepsy is a chronic neurological issue described by repeated unconstrained seizures, it is often accompanied by behavioral changes and cognitive deficient. Many patients with epilepsy suffer from psychiatric disorders as depression, anxiety, psychotic disorders and personality changes. Behavioral changes and cognitive deficient associated with seizures may be caused by underlying structural lesions. The effects of seizures and epileptic foci which discharge impulses affect brain function. Indeed,
is a variety of seizures a person with epilepsy may experience depending on which part(s) of the brain is affected by the electrical burst of activity in the brain and how much of the brain is affected (Petersen, Walker, Runge, & Kessler, 1998). Seizures symptoms can range from undetectable to unconsciousness. When a person has two or more unprovoked seizures, they are considered to have epilepsy, but the cause of the seizures is usually unknown at the time of diagnoses. A seizure occurs when the
brain and is characterized by consecutive unexpected seizures. Precisely indentifying and enumerating the seizures in patients with epilepsy is essential for diagnosis, selecting the treatment and estimating the effects of the therapy. Epilepsy detection done just by physically anatomizing a person’s body is a very arduous job as it involves peculiar nerve cell activity in the brain. These brain signals can be utilized to detect epileptic seizure in a subject by analyzing it with the aid of an EEG
must it be prescribed by a medical doctor. A very popular drug that treats seizures is Valproic Acid, otherwise known as Depakote. The Condition The constant firing of neurons in the brain during normal everyday actions is called electrical brain activity. Seizures are changes in the brain's electrical activity, which can "cause dramatic, noticeable symptoms or even no symptoms at all (healthline.com)." During a seizure, nerve cells leave their regular positions where they delivered orders from
An epileptic person experiences recurrent seizures, which are "a temporary alteration in functioning caused by an abnormal discharge of neurons in the central nervous system" (Austin, 2011). To be diagnosed with this disorder, one must have at least two seizures. There are two main types of seizures, which can be either primary generalized, which affect the entire brain, or partial which affects only one part of the brain. This disorder cannot be completely treated but can be controlled, under most
What is Epilepsy? Epilepsy is a chronic disorder which takes a form of recurring seizures. Many people with epilepsy have more than one type of seizure as well as other symptoms of neurological problems. Our brain cells communicate with each other through regular electrical impulses. A seizure occurs when a regular pattern is suddenly disrupted by an uncontrolled burst of electrical activity. As a result, brain cells are not able to communicate each other so a child cannot control his or her movements
The Cardiac Effects of Intractable Seizures in Children Short running title: Heart and intractable seizures 1-Hatem H. El Shorbagy: (MD), Department of Pediatric-Faculty of Medicine- Menofia University-Egypt. 2- Naglaa M. Kamal: (MD), Department of Pediatric - Faculty of Medicine- Cairo University, Egypt. 3- Mostafa A.Salama: (MD), Department of Pediatric - Faculty of Medicine- Benha University- Faculty of Medicine- Egypt. 4- Ahmed A.Azab: (MD), Department of Pediatric- Faculty of Medicine-
Alienated by Illness In Grant Haake’s essay Abduction, he has spontaneous seizures which results in a loss of time. He claims that the seizures abduct him from his life and family, and that he cannot do anything to help prevent the seizures from happening. Haake then goes to describe his experiences of seizures by describing his feelings and emotions, expressing his essay through the rhetorical appeal of pathos. From his descriptions of his loss of time, I feel like the author is describing how
be controlled by pharmacological or electrical treatment based on seizure prediction (Moghim & Corne, 2014). Since EEG has advantages such as speed, high time resolution and non-invasive natures, it maintains one of the most frequently used tools in predicting epilepsy (Hasan et al. 2017). Electroencephalography (EEG) has a broad use in both medical practices and medical research for diagnosing and identifying epileptic seizures, syncope (fainting), cognitive psychologies, and psychophysiological
Different seizure medicines tend to yield different types of side effects. Just because a certain effect is common with one medication, however, does not mean that the individual will experience it. Many people have few or no problems with side effect. Some side effects are associated with specific medications and occur fairly frequently. Examples of some idiosyncratic effects are listed here. Of note, these will vary from one drug to another. Common dose dependent side effects are usually related