transferred high schools‚ but I hope you are doing well! In 8th grade I remember you having a lot of trouble with your epilepsy. You wore sunglasses indoors because the light always triggered seizures and even when you did wear them‚ you had seizures at school. It was always scary to watch‚ but I can’t even imagine how scary it was for you to go through them. Back then‚ I knew nothing about epilepsy. All I knew is that it affected my friend‚ and I hated seeing what it did for you. I don’t know if you still
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Epilepsy Epilepsy is a brain disorder in which a person has repeated seizures (convulsions) over time. Seizures are episodes of disturbed brain activity that cause changes in attention or behavior. Causes Epilepsy occurs when permanent changes in brain tissue cause the brain to be too excitable or jumpy. The brain sends out abnormal signals. This results in repeated‚ unpredictable seizures. (A single seizure that does not happen again is not epilepsy.) Epilepsy may be due to a medical condition
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Epilepsy Epilepsy is a neurological condition that causes seizures. A seizure is a change in sensation‚ awareness‚ or behavior brought about by a brief electrical disturbance in the brain. Although there are many different type of seizures they are all caused by the sudden change in how the cells of the brain send electrical signals to each other. Epilepsy affects people of all ages‚ races‚ and ethnic backgrounds. More than 2.7 million Americans are living with epilepsy. Every year
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basically felt like a social outcast. I thought people would be afraid of me‚ and I thought having a relationship with a girl would be very hard. I didn’t want to tell anyone about my problem and I didn’t want anyone to know.” Blake was diagnosed with epilepsy. Many of you might think‚ why this happens? why people with epilepsy loose control over their body through seizures? Well the answer lays in the mechanism of cell communication. Cells communicate in order to perform any activity or work in your
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Treatment Until recently only a few so-called basic antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) were available but new AEDs (so-called new generation AEDs) can now be bought in Polish pharmacies. All in all‚ we have about 15 AEDs. Properly selected‚ regularly taken‚ in appropriate doses‚ these drugs help epileptic patients‚ particularly those who do not improve with the basic AEDs. Nearly all new-generation AEDs are now available in Poland. Most patients need just one AED to control their seizures but 30-35%
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Is Epilepsy Hereditary? BIOS 260 Fundamentals of Pathophysiology Milyn Pierce DeVry University Course Project January 27‚ 2013 Abstract: Epilepsy is the second most common neurological problem in adults. 2 out of every 100 people will experience a seizure at some point in their life. Some seizures will onset as a child and disappear after adolescence. Some suffer seizures as a result of a brain injury‚ trauma‚ infection‚ or response to medication. Heredity increases an individuals’ risk to
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Coms 103: Informative Speech Outline Specific Purpose: My audience will learn why music is healthy and beneficial to your health Thesis Statement: Music is an essential part of our lives and is important to the development and health of your body. Introduction I. Attention Getter: (Start speech by playing music‚ turning lights off‚ dancing a little?) So we all listen to music‚ it’s apart of our everyday lives. I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone who said they cant stand music.. and if
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The Awareness and Attitudes of CFS IIUM Students on Epilepsy Nur Syamimi Binti Mohd. Azharuddin Centre for Foundation Studies‚ International Islamic University Malaysia ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the level of awareness and to assess the attitudes of CFS IIUM students towards epilepsy. Specifically‚ this study examined to what extend do CFS IIUM students are aware about epilepsy and what are the attitudes shown by them towards this clinical disorder
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Epilepsy takes place when one has unpredictable seizures due to abnormal signals. These signals come from the temporal lobe. Epilepsy can cause several seizures that affect the brain overtime. An epileptic person that has not been diagnosed yet suffers from several symptoms after or before a seizure due to these strong abnormal signals. However‚ it all depends on which type of Epilepsy the person has. Each type of Epileptic seizure is completely different. There are three
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Pennington Hobbs Speech 6 March 2013 All about Sloths Have any of you ever seen or heard of something about a Sloth? (Attention Getter) Well‚ actually a lot of people don’t know anything let alone one thing about a Sloth. (Audience Adaptation) Whenever I say to someone that my favorite animal is a Sloth‚ they rarely know what they look like or anything about them. (Credibility) Today‚ I will be informing you of all the things you could know about Sloths. (Thesis) I will tell you about where they live
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