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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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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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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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 system. When an epileptic seizure attack
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of the most common types of seizures Bibliography "Epilepsy causes." n.d. Epilepsy foundation. foundation‚ Epilesy. " About epilepsy." n.d. Epilepsy Classroom. 2013. Mandal‚ Dr.Ananya. "Epilepsy Epidemiology." 2006. News Medical. 15 4 2013. Scott‚ Ann Senisi. Body structures and
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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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Epilepsy in Children: A Brief review November 14‚ 2008 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Epilepsy is a condition in which seizures are triggered recurrently from within the brain. 1 A seizure is a sudden‚ transient disturbance of brain function‚ manifested by involuntary motor‚ sensory‚ autonomic‚ or psychic phenomena‚ alone or in any combination‚ often accompaniec by alteration or loss of consciousness and may occur after a metabolic‚ traumatic‚ anoxic‚ or infectious insult to the brain. 2 The epilepsy
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About one percent of the world’s population‚ 65 million people‚ have epilepsy‚ and many famous people including “Julius Caesar‚ Czar Peter the Great of Russia‚ Pope Pius IX‚ the writer Fryoto Dostoevesky‚ the poet Lord Byron‚ and others” (History 1) rose to greatness despite the oppression put on those with the condition. Putting all that aside‚ epilepsy is a well-known yet scarcely discussed medical condition. Defined as ‘sudden reoccur episodes of sensory disturbance‚ loss of consciousness‚ or
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Epilepsy A Research Paper Presented to Mrs. Sandra Scott Robeson Community College In Partial Fulfillment of Requirements In English IV Bobbie Jo Murillo Lowery March 30‚ 2012 “Epilepsy is a neurological condition‚ which affects the nervous system. (www.epilepsy.com/101/ep101_epilepsy) Epilepsy is also known as seizure disorder. People
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