Epilepsy

Epilepsy - Introduction
Myoclonic. Myoclonic seizures are a series of brief jerky contractions of specific muscle groups, such as the face or trunk.
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Epilepsy Overview
Epilepsy is a condition in which a person has recurrent seizures. A seizure is defined as an abnormal, disorderly discharging of the brain's nerve cells, resulting in a temporary disturbance of motor, sensory, or mental function.
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Epilepsy
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a chronic disorder of cerebral function characterized by periodic convulsive seizures. There are many conditions that have epileptic seizures.
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Epilepsy Program
About 30 percent of severe epileptics do not respond to anticonvulsant medications or the Ketogenic Diet. However, an evaluation may recommend surgical intervention.
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Epilepsy Epilepsy Treatment
The Future of Epilepsy Treatment: Devices, Genes and Drugs
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Epilepsy surgery: A viable treatment option
Have you tried at least two anti-seizure drugs with no success? Surgery may be the answer for you.
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Epilepsy/Seizure Disorder
This is the most common neurological disorder affecting children, and may be characterized by sudden, recurrent episodes of uncontrolled motor activity and, in some cases, impaired consciousness (seizures).
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Epilepsy, or recurrent seizures, is one of the most common conditions affecting the brain. Each year, around 25,000 people in the UK develop epilepsy and at any one time 300,000 people have an active form of it.
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What are the causes?
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Epilepsy is a disorder involving repeated seizures of any type. Seizures ("fits") are episodes of disturbed brain function that cause changes in attention and/or behavior. They are caused by abnormal electrical excitation in the brain.
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Inpatient Epilepsy Monitoring
Why do I need Epilepsy Monitoring?
What does the test involve?
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Temporal-lobe epilepsy: Epilepsy that is characterized by abnormal electrical activity in the temporal lobe of the brain. This activity does not cause grand mal seizures; rather, it causes unusual behaviors and patterns of cognition.
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Epilepsy is the condition of being prone to repeated seizures, but this can be any kind of seizures, not just generalized seizures. A person can have a seizure without having epilepsy.
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Epilepsy (a disorder with chronic seizure) begins anywhere between the ages of 3 and 14 years, and continues indefinitely. It may be a familial condition.
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Epilepsy is the most common form of seizures, also called convulsions or fits. Epilepsy can be caused by injury to the head, neck, or spinal cord, especially before or during birth.
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Epilepsy
A brain disorder with symptoms that include seizures.
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A group of disorders marked by problems in the normal functioning of the brain.
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Diagnose epilepsy and determine what type of seizures are occurring. EEG is the most useful and important test in confirming a diagnosis of epilepsy.
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People with epilepsy often know when they are about to have a seizure. When the seizure starts, the victim may lose consciousness. The face, arms, and legs may begin to jerk.
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Epilepsy (Seizure)
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Fit (Seizure)
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Fractured Jaw (Broken OR Dislocated Jaw)
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Frozen Fingers, Toes, OR Nose (Frostbite) ...
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Trileptal (oxcarbazepine) tablets An antiepileptic drug (AED) for the treatment of partial seizures in adults and children with epilepsy.
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Medicines that are useful in controlling some types of epilepsy can also be beneficial for individuals with Burning Mouth Syndrome. Carbamazepine, the generic name of Tegretol, and gabapentin (Neurontin) are the ones most commonly tried.
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prolonged or closely occurring seizures (status epilepticus)
injury from falls, bumps, biting self
injury caused by a seizure during driving/operating machinery
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The effects of phenytoin (an epilepsy medicine) and warfarin (for preventing blood clots) are increase by some of the proton pump inhibitors.
The absorption of the antifungal drugs ketoconazole and itraconazole are reduced by proton pump inhibitors.
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Tincture The homoeopathic tincture, 6x has previously been used in epilepsy and the 3x before sailing and every hour for seasickness.
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It has been used in various forms to treat cancer, epilepsy, infertility, menopausal symptoms, nervous tension, asthma, hypertension, headache, and dermatitis. Modern interest in mistletoe as an anticancer treatment began in the 1920s.
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Drugs to control seizures (epilepsy) and those used to treat TB (tuberculosis) reduce the protection from pregnancy so much that another method of birth control must be used.
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Tegretol is a medication used to treat epilepsy, bipolar disorder and certain pain syndromes. This article provides a thorough overview of the medication, its side effects, and how it should be used.
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Failure of treatment results in profound irreversible mental retardation, microcephaly (an abnormally small head), epilepsy, and behavior problems.
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