Epilepsy
Definition
Epilepsy is a seizure disorder. A seizure is an event that involves loss of consciousness and motor (muscular) control. A person with a seizure disorder often experiences repetitiv...
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Epilepsy
Epilepsy is a disease of abnormal brain activity that causes recurrent seizures. Seizures are sudden, brief episodes of altered states of consciousness, often accompanied by spasmodic or unus...
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Epilepsy
Epilepsy is a disease of abnormal brain activity that causes recurrent seizures. Seizures are sudden, brief episodes of altered states of consciousness, often accompanied by spasmodic or unus...
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Epilepsy
A condition affecting people regardless of age, sex, or race, where a pattern of recurring malfunctioning of the brain is present.
Epilepsy, from the Greek word for seizure, is a recurrent de...
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Having a seizure can change a person's life. It can mean endless hospital visits, being probed with needles and taking endless amounts of medication. How do I know? I've lived through it. I was d...
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Every year, approximately one hundred thousand people develop Epilepsy in the United States (Weaver 7), making it the second most common neurological disorder after a stroke (The Epilepsy Foundation o...
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Pediatric epilepsy is a fairly new study in pediatrics, but what is epilepsy"
Epilepsy is a neurological condition which affects the nervous system, also known as a "seizure syndrome." Usually you ...
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Epilepsy
Epilepsy is not what you think. It is a complicated disease, a disease that doesn't just affect one type of person or age. Over fifty million men, women, and children cope with this disea...
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Living with Epilepsy
The person suddenly cries out, loses consciousness, falls to the ground, and foams at the mouth. Their arms and legs jerk convulsively for several minutes. What would your reacti...
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