Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Epilepsy comes in a variety of people as well as in a variety of ways. Most patients with epilepsy take some form of anti-epileptic drug. Epilepsy is a chronic disease that can cause more issues than just the seizures themselves. Epilepsy can lead to poor quality of life which is why the group of authors who completed and wrote about this study, studied to comparison of physical activity habits as well as quality of life for people with temporal lobe epilepsy. Physical activity will have an effect on quality of life for those with temporal lobe epilepsy. For this study thirty-eight patients with temporal lobe epilepsy, as well as twenty controls were asked to participate in the project at the epilepsy clinic of the University of Campinas. Each participant went through various studies concerning their health, quality of life, physical activity, medications, etc. Patients that participated had MRI’s that were either normal or came back with signs of hippocampal
The researchers in this article did more than just questionnaires like other people did which I believe made their article more credible. They could have included in the study the actual range of physical activity to include more of an understanding. Overall, I firmly agree that physical activity can and will help with quality of life, and not just for people with temporal lobe epilepsy.
Nevertheless, if you have temporal lobe epilepsy and you want a better quality of life, go be active. Maybe just start out walking a mile every day, anything can help. I knew a person who had temporal lobe epilepsy and on days she was active she felt much better than the days she laid around. Some days it was not easy to make herself stand up and go for a walk, but she did it on account of that is what helped her. I will always recommend to all with or without epilepsy to participate in some kind of physical