Seizure Disorders: Understanding Epilepsy:
Epilepsy is a neurological disorder that causes interference in daily life through its seizures. Understanding and knowing about it controls epilepsy.
What is epilepsy?
Epilepsy is a chronic disease characterized by recurrent seizures. Epilepsy recurrence occurs due to abnormal electrical functions in the brain, which disrupt normal functioning.The term 'seizure' refers to the clinical manifestation of an abnormal, excessive and synchronized electrical discharge in the neurons. The occurrence of two or more unprovoked seizures defines epilepsy
Causes of Epilepsy:
1. Genetics
2. Traumatic head injury
3. Brain infection (meningitis, encephalitis)
4. Stroke
5. Tumor
6. Congenital malformations
Epilepsy symptoms:
1. Seizures (convulsive and non-convulsive)
2. loss of consciousness
3. Chaos
4. Amnesia
5. Mood swings
Types of epilepsy :
1. Generalised tonic-clonic seizures
2. Partial seizures
3. Absence seizures
4. Myoclonic seizures
Diagnostics tests :
1. EEG (EEG)
2. Magnetic resonance visualization (MRI)
3 Tomodenshitometry (TDM)
4. Blood test
Treatment option:
1 Drugs (anticonvulsants)
2. Surgery (resection of the temporal lobe)
3 Stimulation of stray nerve (VNS)
4. Ketone -produced food
Expensive management:
1 Drug membership
2. Follow -up of crises
3 Lifestyle changes (sleep, exercise, stress reduction)
4. Support network
Complications of untreated epilepsy:
1. Trauma from seizures
2. Status epilepticus (life threatening)
3. Intellectual disability
4. Emotional challenge
Conclusion:
Epilepsy needs attention, care and welfare. Effective treatment and lifestyle modifications of a person can help them achieve a productive life with epilepsy.
